25th anniversary pokemon cards price list TCG Celebrations Pikachu Full Art Holo 05/25 LP showing these characters as they first appeared in the game Celebrations — JustInBasil's Pokémon TCG

Local game shops are also the only in person stores that are likely to carry singles

I mean, that's not a design question

Despite being black mana, since it is Phyrexian black mana, you can pay two life instead and just one generic mana to cast

Despite not being such a strong card in competitive due to the high number of water Pokmon in the format with greater ease of powering up with Melony (from Chilling Reign), with Pokmon like Origin Form Palkia or Ice Rider Calyrex, even having Arceus-V and Arceus-VStar in format as a joker (which is on this list), Charizard is a "heavy" Pokmon

He figured that rarity would be a balancing factor because if you only buy a few packs and get cards through ante and a few trades, how can you get more than one, maybe two of any rare