Decoding Japanese Pokmon Card Symbols Beyond the obvious gameplay symbols, Japanese cards include several markers that help identify rarity, set membership, and special characteristics
If you have a few other creatures already on the battlefield, that Elemental token is going to be a lot bigger, and this is another card that will be awesome in token strategies
Manual retreat is pretty much ridiculous (although I have played a game where I manually retreated the same Terrakion twice)
Fortunately, players start with 40 life and black provides access to spells like [card]Exsanguinate[/card] that refill your life total, so paying one per card usually isnt too painful
A word to the wise - prices tend to fluctuate pretty wildly around a new set's release
The final reprint I want to highlight is Kodama of the West Tree , although this is also in the Jumpstart packs