This turned out to be a huge challenge, but the design team sank their collective teeth into it
This Lugia art is gorgeous and is deserving of its solid price tag, though there's another version that far surpasses this one
Opposites was also a primary theme for that game generation, so that expansion featured cards like the full art Reshiram and Zekrom cards to exemplify that motif
How did Pokemon become so popular
Cold-Foil is a slightly different variant of foil and is used to enhance the background of the Rare to Legendary cards, whereas your Enchanted cards have a more traditional full holo-foil print design
The Hydrapple is surrounded by Applin, its first evolution, and the entire illustration has a worn effect, as if the mural has existed for years and years