It contains traditional Japanese hanafuda playing cards featuring Pikachu in Mario costume, not Pokemon TCG cards
we tested several designs and competitors' and noticed the lid of the pokemon plastic display case kept falling off with the slightest touch or tumble, knowing we wouldnt want our valuable boxes to be damaged we went to the drawing board and came up with the ideal solution
Even better is that when it enters the battlefield or attacks, you get to exile cards from any graveyard, draining your opponent for each creature exiled this way
Its good in token strategies that use effects like Doubling Season since it gives them a little resilience to board wipes, and it even works in dragon tribal decks that care about the quantity of their dragons more than their quality
Pokmon TCG Pocket is proving to be rather successful
A counter does not go away when you Bench the Pokmon, but it does go away if the Pokmon evolves (damage counters are a special exception to this rule)