1999 blastoise pokemon card Blastoise-Holo TCG Base Set 1st Edition #2/102 (PSA or BGS Graded) - 1999 style setup or your main portfolio 1999 Pokémon Blastoise 1st Edition

There's a reason I had to write a whole article about this card as soon as it was revealed

With Elas in play, you gain life when a creature comes into play under your control, whether they're a regular creature or tokens

Illustrated by Shinji Kanda, the alternate art captures Giratina tearing through dimensional space with its six-legged, centipede-like Altered Forme on full display

Note that it doesnt use the new wording of this card which means cards exiled by a previous Rona, Disciple of Gix can be cast when you have any Rona, Disciple of Gix on the battlefield

As duplicates of rare cards are normally what youd use in the trades themselves, this system of exchanging cards for currency and, as a result, being left with few duplicates to actually trade with, has not been met with much approval