original pokemon energy cards appreciation! anyone else like to collect energy cards? : r/PokemonTCG Basic Psychic Energy Pokemon Energy Cards. 1995, 96,

"Soul, flesh, even eyesnone of these are strictly necessary for deadly precision." Modriss of Zargoth Fen

It allowed decks to set up stuff far earlier, and multiple copies can be chained off to make more mana, and can then be reused from the graveyard to fuel even more shennigans, and most importantly, unlike the moxes and Black Lotus, stays in your hand till you use it allowing you to surprise opponents in thinking you had less mana then you actually had

Other sac outlets also help empower this on bigger dorks too

"Furthermore, any trolls who publicly claim that GameStop trade-in values are bad are hereby factually and demonstrably incorrect