Each of these two have you choosing a legendary creature card as your commander, and then building a deck using their colour identity
The pirate has been given an upgrade for the latest Lorcana set in the form of an enormous bionic arm that's replaced his older robot limb, and it's used to shrug off blows as seen in the artwork and the card's rules, which grants Resist +2 to reduce incoming damage
Gastons is like the opposite of Reckless (which he first introduced)
These limits are printed on the card themselves, so make sure to read all the text on a card while youre learning to play
It wasn't the fact that they just started - they actually were in it a little bit longer than people have known - it's just that it started to go viral. The last time Pokmon cards saw such a significant rise in interest was in the wake of Pokmon Go, the hugely popular mobile app that became the summer phenomenon of 2016
Personally, while I wish this wasnt something that affects serialized cards, that aspect is a) unavoidable, and b) part of the high risk of playing Flip It