Sometimes you need lands
Nintendo Japan's official records state 1996 as the first release of any Pokemon product
Torture Chamber, Thumbscrews, Wheel of Torture, The Rack, and those sorts of cards might make for an entertaining theme deck, but too few of them would have reliably contributed to what the deck wants to do
Im even trying to foil out the cards that dont exist in foil, with the help of TheProxyGuy (NOTE: Do not ask him to sell proxies
Indris, the Hydrostatic Surge is a big card that wants to storm off with Lightning Bolt, but Brawl is the main format for it to be your digital only commander
Perhaps it's because we've been used to the ludicrous prices of cards in recent Masters, but it's refreshing to see a regular set have regular prices for their cards as well