Card design shifted toward brighter, more uniform templates
Over half of the Pokmon in the promotion are Dragon-types, with most of the remaining Pokmon pulled from the list of most popular Pokmon in the franchise
Arita explained to Pokemon.com in 2018, As you know, the first Pokmon video games came out on the Game Boy in monochrome, with a really rudimentary pixel art...so when I started on this project, pretty much all I had as reference were those spritesthe pixel art of the Pokmon. Arita and other artists that worked on the base set largely used their own visions to bring the garbled and pixelated images in the early games to life, and undoubtedly had a significant influence over the portrayal of these Pokmon in the future.
The Crystal cards were what anyone that opened a Skyridge pack would pray for
Its also a goofy combo card with detrimental permanents like Leveler
At the start of the campaign, Duelists will be awarded the Dark Magician Chronicle Card (Aurora ) as a special treat to familiarize players with the new cards