Pull rates for Gold Star cards were vanishingly low, estimated at roughly 1 in 72 packs or worse, and the cards were distributed across sets that did not receive the massive print runs of later Pokemon eras
Instead of capturing Pokmon, however, players can collect more cards for their decks by winning battles
The idea of an impossibly large mansion plays into the horror trope space we were exploring, so that's what got greenlit: A new plane 70's and 80's horror film inspired (and the technology level that came with that) A set that takes place solely inside a single mansion In exploratory design, the first question we asked was, "How do we keep this world from mechanically stepping on the toes of the planes of Innistrad and New Phyrexia?" Early on, we realized the horror we wanted to evoke relied on a specific mood and tone
Big, flashy, expensive effects like this are usually more trouble than they're worth - but convoke makes this enchantment much more likely to see play and be a problem
The Pokmon TCG: Detective Pikachu expansion contains 27 cards