It looks like almost half of these inclusions come from Toph, the First MetalbenderToph, the First Metalbender decks (an area I dabbled in that was doing a lot more than earthbending), but to be honest, I still don't get it
The moveset and stats are identical to the standard Houndoom, but the gold boy features full art and holographic imagery
Not just that, rather than destroying them they are shuffled back into the Deck, the best form of removal in the game
The card is so powerful that it remained forbidden from competitive play for many months, even with severe restrictions attached to the TCG version
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