The card's position at number three rather than number one might surprise collectors who assumed the most iconic card in the hobby would automatically be the most graded, but it perfectly illustrates the broader theme of this entire article: modern cards generate far more grading volume than vintage cards, even the most iconic vintage cards in existence
Surveil is a useful enough ability to work in just about any deck, but surveil payoffs need a lot of support to function, so there are a number of new cards here that wont have a home outside the precon
Put simply, in many instances (mostly from Bandai) the less important the release, the less granular the release date is
Fleurdelis and those two guys
Its just unburdened joy in pink and yellow, as well as being the most adorable pastiche of the overly serious nature of the terastalized Pokmon we saw in Scarlet & Violet cards, the splendid work of artist James Turner
This Ability isnt just powerful, but its flexible as well, since it is active whether Lucario is tucked away in the Bench or fighting in the Active Spot