With cycling being a sub-theme in Ikoria, it only makes sense there is a wacky and potentially very powerful payoff engine in the set as well
This rare card not only features Gyarados but also Greninja, who has gone on to be one of the TCGs most valuable Pokemon
A quick Google search yields numerous results for communities dedicated to trading on Discord and elsewhere without having to spend real money, making this entrepreneurial endeavor all the more nonsensical
It was also another way to splash a color in a deck that didn't require lands that could cast cards of that color
The Japanese print lands months before the English one, the card stock and holo usually feel a step up, and a large share of what gets printed there never crosses over into an English set at all
There's Elminster , in blue-white, Tasha, the Witch Queen , in blue-black, and Minsc and Boo , in red-green