This was very poor advice, as 6 damage plus a boosted swarm of 1/1s on the way out was far more damage than that Hero was worth
an in-store event that turned into a memorable part of the Pokmon franchises history in the US
Complaints varied, ranging from the extreme price tag, to the randomised nature of the cards, to the fact that they're 'collector's items' or glorified proxies
Because Magic s designers didnt yet have the twenty years of hindsight necessary to determine what works from the perspective of making a well balanced, understandable, and entertaining game, older cards feel substantially more experimental than new ones, even when you factor in the more out-there sets like Future Sight and Modern Horizons III
(That Monster is treated Special Summoned by "Masked Change") SD27-JP020 Mask Charge Normal Magic Card : You can activate this effect by targeting 1 "HERO" Monster and 1 "Change" Quick-Play Magic Card in your Graveyard