While its not always the case, the majority of the best Fire Energy decks in Pocket right now feature Mega Pokmon, meaning Crimson Blaze and Mega Rising are the sets you should be ripping
Blinkings not Just a Phase Blinking is ancient technology in Magic, almost as old as Phasing
Pokmon TCG Radiant Silver teases flashy V monsters and a radiant legendary The last standard set in the Sword and Shield series goes out with fireworks
WotC internally calls it the Thalia problem, so with this example, you might have two of the Dark Ascension art, one of the Innistrad: Crimson Vow , and if you wanted the Multiverse Legends one, you'd only need to craft one new rare wildcard to allow four of that style to grace your decks
If you happen to have drafted DMU a lot, it may be a good idea to check your bulk binders you may be sitting on a bunch of copies you may want to get rid of right now
While I did eventually start buying and collecting cards myself with the Fossil set a little later with pocket money, I am thankful to my friend for sharing this, and later many other cards, such as a Base set Mewtwo, and even a Shining Magikarp from Neo Revelation