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This is why the recent completion of a cycle that began back in 2004s Darksteel is such a big deal

None of that is truly what makes Blastoise such a powerful card, though

A reverse holo version of this card commands about $19 in NM condition compared to the common at closer to two dollars

Its always a struggle to find that line between Casual and Powerful. These are reasonably strong pre-cons that are in the Goldilocks zone of not too strong for casual and not too weak against focused decks

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Since Consult hasnt broken through in Standard yet, a lot of the discourse that Ive seen about this has been around comparing this to Stock Up, when comparing it to something like an Impulse or Hieroglyphic Illumination were better comparisons