Almost every English EX-era expansion through early 2007 included two or three Gold Stars as its final cards: the legendary beasts in Unseen Forces , the weather trio and Metagross in Delta Species , the Regis in Legend Maker , Pikachu and Mewtwo in Holon Phantoms , Alakazam and Celebi in Crystal Guardians , Charizard and Mew in Dragon Frontiers , and the original Eeveelution trio in Power Keepers
Your plan is to use these small bonuses to create huge advantages in cards or mana and out-value your opponents in the long game
If you do, you may play that card without paying its mana cost
Best budget Lightning deck card list Genetic Apex (A1) Magneton x2 (Pikachu Pack) Spacetime Smackdown (A2) Cyrus x1 (Palkia Pack) Giant Cape x1 (Dialga Pack) Pokmon Communication x1 (Dialga Pack) Shining Revelry (A2b) Pokmon Center Lady x1 Mega Rising (B1) Copycat x1 (Mega Gyarados Pack) Crimson Blaze (B1a) Clement x2 Magnemite x2 Magnezone x2 Promo-A Pok Ball x2 Professors Research x2 Red Card x1
These aren't the same as double-faced cards, however, as both sides are functionally exactly the same, possessing the same text and abilities
Almost every booster pack contains about 1-2 of these