A comprehensive breakdown can be found here: The Different Rarity Symbols in Pokemon Card Sets Explained , but a brief summary: Common Japan designation: C image429599 44.3 KB image250250 1.16 KB Uncommon Japan designation: U image429599 46.4 KB image250250 726 Bytes Rare (Holo) Japan designation: R image660920 111 KB image250250 1.34 KB Double Rare (standard ex) Japan designation: RR image429599 58.4 KB image250250 2.3 KB Ultra Rare (generic full arts) Japan designation: SR (super rare) image430599 51.9 KB image250250 2.3 KB Hyper Rare (gold cards) Japan designation: UR (ultra rare) image660920 137 KB image250250 2.85 KB As for before Scarlet and Violet, the above is basically the same, except english did not have the updated star system for cards beyond ultra rares Note on Rainbow Rares The Japan HR or Hyper Rare rarity referred mostly to Rainbow cards
Wrath of the Skies With no energy synergies, this is not The Meathook Massacre
The key difference for Mother of Runes is that it can protect itself, which means that an untapped Mother of Runes without summoning sickness is difficult to deal with
Though, it can be argued this is true in some regard with all card games, on or offline
Fusion Strike is based on the Japanese set Fusion Arts, but also includes several cards that were cut from other sets like Evolving Skies and several other promotional sets that never got translated into English cards, which is probably one of the reasons why this set is so big
Not a chance