[328] Director Shigeru Ohmori stated that they designed the games based on what they believed of the biggest Pokmon theme of becoming/being "the greatest or strongest", which was expressed in the games' Dynamax / Gigantamax Pokmon core mechanic and the games' increasingly powerful software and hardware capabilities
Although the two companies have worked together for a long time, The Pokemon Company president Kenji Okubo says that this decision "reflects our long-term commitment to supporting the Pokemon community and the broader trading card ecosystem." The press release adds that the acquisition will help meet what it calls "increasing expectations" surrounding order fulfillment and the overall customer experience, which is a nice way of acknowledging that it's bloody impossible to find stock for one of the best card games
This allows Smugglers Share to draw you an obscene amount of cards if everyone is drawing more than one card each turn
702.143b: Exiling a card using its foretell ability is a special action, which doesnt use the stack
Can committing Crime be a fun way to play MTG
Plus, you can even hunt down and capture the Avatar himself: a raised foil Avatar Aang illustrated by show creator Bryan Konietzko