pokemon scarlet violet base booster box & Violet: Black Bolt Elite Trainer like appearances and gain new strengths Pokemon - Scarlet & Violet

Counter-boosting mechanics introduced in OP-06 influenced how counter decks developed through OP-10

Peak flavour

You fought Ariana earlier, but this time, she has a far more formidable party -- an Arbok, Murkrow and Vileplume, all of level thirty-two

Being a creature makes it easier to answer, and it's more expensive, but the parallels are there

With Nadu and Nantuko, every land drop makes more creatures, more creatures means more Nadu triggers, and more Nadu triggers means more land drops

Lrien Revealed and the LOTR landcyclers The secret is mostly out on Lrien (and the other landcyclers), but I still see these floating round pretty late