Cranial Plating was the replacement for Skullclamp in Affinity, and the deck may have gotten worse but it wasn't that big a blow
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Angelo Token can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others
To those not well versed in the way that Rarities work in Pokemon and other trading card games, that numbering looks awfully confusing
The more I see the prototype mechanic, the more I like it
Something small and beneficial also happens. These were never exciting and never particularly good
Maintaining the Scarlet & Violet example, a regular Booster Pack from that collection has a pull ratio of 4 common cards, 3 uncommon cards, and 3 foil cards (at least one of which will be rare, ultra, secret, or, hyper rare)