There is a deliberate visual continuity between this card and its Base Set ancestor, and the 151 set was explicitly designed to capitalize on that connection: every original Kanto Pokemon received new cards, and the Special Illustration Rares were positioned as the ultimate chase pulls for each Pokemon
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The Flash here is a big part of the cards appeal, letting it come down in response to a draw spell Notion Thief style
different quantities for each: We also offer variable quantities of each card (without you needing to duplicate, copy and paste etc)
Another aspect to side-grade substitution is that some Pokmon can be drafted for one specific role
At that point, wouldn't you just rather have almost any other Red burn spell instead