Honorable Mentions: Surprisingly, during the So Paulo regionals, one of the top 8 of the event, Thiago Giovannetti, used a deck based on the Whimsicott-VStar line, which surprised everyone and made the card valued, before being considered a meme card: Whimsicott-V (Brilliant Stars 65/172) Whimsicott-V has 250 HP, Psychic-type, weakness to Metal-type, no resistance, for an energy as a retreat cost, and has two attacks (one of which is VStar): Trick Wind (for one Psychic Energy and two Colorless Energy) based on 160 damage, and during your opponent's next turn, they won't be able to play Item Cards or add Special Energy from their hand to their Pokmon
Spell cards and trap cards can be set and played freely
Players had become attached to the Splinter Twin strategy, making its removal one of the most contentious bans in Modern history
The artwork has a stunning lineless style done by Mitsuhiro Arita and even features Yveltal to cement it as an iconic XY era card
The vibrant colors, the depiction of the Dragon King himself, and the bright light emanating from its vicious jaws this card is stunning
You can protect key synergy creatures you have, protect your commander, sweep the board, and have them all return to the battlefield safely, while your opponents return to ground zero
