"Its more important to master the cards youre holding than to complain about the ones your opponent was dealt." - Grimsley, Pokemon Black and White Bing Dictionary, powered by Oxford Languages, defines obsession as " the state of being obsessed with someone or something " and " an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind." You can see how a small start of re-engaging in a nostalgic memory leads down a rabbit hole of obsession
It is tied to nightmares and to Alamos Town through the 2007 film Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai, and it carries a long-running thematic dichotomy with the lunar Pokemon Cresselia
I found your Reddit post and this thread, and decided to create an account here so I could contribute
If the card genuinely looks perfect and you think the 9 was unlucky, it might be worth a shot especially for vintage cards where the PSA 10 premium is massive
I ran some numbers: a hand containing Expedition Map, Urzas Power Plant, Once Upon a Time, and four expensive cards will assemble Urzatron on Turn 3 64.5% of the time on the play and 70.5% of the time on the draw