Magic has always been adjacent, if not actually intersecting, with childrens literature
Encircling the pokeball were the words POCKET MONSTERS
I will admit Obosh is not so great in isolation, but its a great card for breaking out of a gummed up board or turning a reasonable host of Minotaurs into a monstrous one
5 Lord Skitter's Butcher Flexibility can turn a mediocre card into a great one, all because a card can be whatever the player needs it to be in any situation, such as Charm and Command cards
One thing I want to point out is that, while my previous trainer cards are more colorful, I mostly used gray tones in the card since I remember how the pokmon boxes in my earlier cards were visually distracting due to the bright saturated colors
Well, it happens to be one of the first print runs for the Base Set