As posted before, Scarlet & Violet bring back the TCG's original Pokemon ex mechanic, which ran from 2003 to 2007
The standard SEC features foiling with wave detail and glossed tattoo artwork
When youre a casual parent searching pokemon cards, maybe gx cause you know the term by now, the first things you see are the cheap China listings
Although there is an in-game store to buy the cards from, there are no microtransactions which is a huge relief
The strongest names borrow the language collectors already use ('rare', 'foil', 'mint', 'pull', 'pack', 'binder', 'singles', 'grading') or evoke the artwork itself (kingdoms, dragons, arenas, vaults, nexus)
While a bit contradictory with the Amethyst portion of the deck, which has you constantly sending characters back to your hand, if you keep bringing them to the field , your opponent may be put in a difficult situation, unable to use Actions if you play your hand right