While the Saturday morning cartoon may not feature the depth of other critically renowned series, it's undeniable that for many, Pokemon was the first step into the world of anime
The end result is an over-statted creature that strips you of your hand size requirement
Combine that with the lack of restrictions, and you have a deadly addition to the meta
It all stems back from the very first set, the Base Set, originally printed in English in 1999 - the big red lizard had the most hit points (HP) at 120, making it the toughest Pocket Monster to take down, the highest damaging attack (Fire Spin for a whopping 100 damage) making it the hardest hitting Pokmon without a drawback (were looking at you Chansey with your Double-Edge attack) and had the best resistance, it resisted fighting types by 30 damage, it also has an alluring and unique Pokmon Power which essentially meant any deck could run a Charizard, if you had one
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But some LV.X Pokmon dominated the game with their own abilities and instead used support from other cards