The question What year did Pokmon cards come out? is intricately tied to this period, as it was in 1996 that these iconic cards made their debut, forever changing the landscape of gaming and pop culture
Astor provides card advantage and cost reduction, and those are the two things equipment decks are most interested in
With this bad duo you prevent all damage your foes' dorks would deal this turn from tapping Prodigal Sorcerer for damage to the combat damage of Zurgo Helmsmasher
The strategy to follow with Shaymin is very simple, and it can easily give us a resource advantage (Energy), allowing us to retreat a Basic Pokmon in trouble
Greaves might well take the crown when it comes to comboing with a free equip ability (looking at you, Crackdown Construct), but otherwise, I go for Boots first every time
The answer is that Ramp;D didn't design it