why is there a shortage of pokemon cards Over 9 billion Pokémon were printed last year, fifth all the cards ever made Pokémon Trading Card shortage nearing

But look closely at her 0 ability to see that all-important word: Proliferate

Mind Transfer Protocol overwrites all previous effects that set the creature or artifact's base power and toughness to specific Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply afterward will overwrite this effect

Creatures like Urza, Lord High Artificer in artifact decks, and Arcanis the Omnipotent capitalize on a deep library, encouraging a deck filled with card draw mechanics to achieve a win condition

If I were in charge of these things, Id probably axe the Reserved List, too

Hopefully over time we see a continued spread of assorted decks instead of the meta coalescing around a couple dominate archetypes