Reducing variance lets you play out your game plan and impede your opponents plans far more effectively
Also, this list was written after the release of the first BW set, so if you stumble upon this list way later and are confused about an errata or something, that may be why
Introduced in 2001 with the Neo Revelation expansion, it was the first set to show off Shiny Pokmon in the TCG, starting with Shining Gyarados and Shining Magikarp
Every non-token creature enters with a bonus counter, then lets you scale proliferate equal to your creature count
But as exciting and fresh as the event was, a familiar foe ended up on top
We have also held a number of these in person and the way it is textured makes it unimagnely better than just seeing a picture