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everyone grabs 3 packs and passes them around to pick cards

The famous (and no doubt expensive) originals of Charizard and Venusaur are represented, but I wonder why the builder used the HeartGold/SoulSilver card version of Blastoise

Signed and inscribed by Lisa Ortiz (OG One Piece's Tony-Tony Chopper and Pokemon's Sabrina, Vaporeon, Oshawott voice actress) on 13-01-2024 during a private signing that I organized in the UK

Its role as an early-game Pokmon helps players understand the concept of evolution, as it evolves into Metapod and then Butterfree, showcasing one of the franchise's core mechanics of transformation and growth