For any other TCG, deprioritising battles would seem absurd, but the Pokmon TCG cornered the collection aspect early in its tenure and has remained a leader in foil treatments, alternate art versions and, frankly, some of the best looking cardboard out there
Escape Rope Burning Shadows , 163/147 A perennially popular card that pops up in so many decks even now is Escape Rope, which allows players to force their opponent to switch the Pokmon in their Active Spot with one on their Bench, before switching their own Pokmon over
Plus, players can set up Briar thanks to the recently introduced Dusknoir, which deals 130 damage with its ability at the cost of being knocked out
There are special Energy Cards that do extra things, and these all have text on them that explains what they do
Delta Species holos feature a refractor holo pattern not on the background art but on the actual Pokmon and the border