Regardless of that being the case, there is a fundamental hierarchy of reasonable interaction during the developing stages of the game, if not a casual game itself
A card in mint or near-mint condition is significantly more valuable than one with scratches, whitening, or bends
Maybe Pokemon Company was trying to unify the House Style more strictly around then, just like Magic the Gathering started doing around the early 10s
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Enter delve, a mechanic that converts your graveyard into mana