mcdonalds 25th anniversary pokemon cards value Squirtle - 17/25 - McDonald's Promos [HOLO] plus Pikachu 25th Anniversary Pokemon Card ALL

The Beta Edition was the second printing by Wizards of the Coast and took place in 1994

Previously, Kaladesh Inventions, Strixhaven Mystical Archives, and Brothers War Retro Artifacts have all done similar things by releasing alternate-art reprints of old, high-demand cards

X Speed can reduce the cost of Retreat and works best with decks containing cards with Retreat Costs of one or two

That card's long-ago Standard career went from 1) four-of in the best decks to 2) Restricted in Standard [you can only play one copy in your seventy-five] to 3) replaced by Wasteland

Preferably ~4 each of Electabuzz, Hitmonchan, and Scyther are reasonable options here