Each opponent loses X life, you gain X life, and the topmost creature card in your library perpetually gets +X/+X, where X is the number of counters removed this way
If you favor creatures and aggressive gameplay, Sliver Swarm is the deck for you
The holographic image shows Pikachu clutching an enormous paintbrush, while the Japanese text underneath congratulates the recipients as having been recognized as excellent in the Pokmon Card Game Illustration Contest. Its not known how many survive, but of those that do, the condition theyre in becomes everything
The only other ability of Carl & Russell is Outdoor Skills, which states that while this character is at a location, all characters at that location get an additional lore point when questing and gain Evasive
Every trainer probably has a similar memory and is now willing to put their money where their Meowth is, in terms of buying cards as an adult they could never afford as a child