pokemon illustration cards {Box of 8} Pokémon 30th Starter Card Set Vol.1 Unova and Galar regions in illustration rare Chinese Pokemon 30th Anniversary Celebration

The way its ability reads, that protection clause is sticking around from turn to turn

A single Pokmon card can cost anywhere from $0.50 to $20 or more

City in a Bottle is one of the few cards that do that, and although its on flavor for the story that inspired it, its odd that it hates on its own set

You could combine it with cards like Bristlebane Battler to make more saprolings (or even better, to leech from an opponent that has that card and kill it later by doubling its counters)

Including all reprints and variants raises the total to over 86,000 unique prints

and trashing 1 card from your hand, you can play a Cross Guild Character directly from your hand, regardless of its cost