first edition machoke pokemon card dark value Pokemon Single Card TEAM ROCKET (Unlimited) Strikes Back CGC 9 DARK MACHOKE 1ST

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp

Card Type: REGALIA, WEAPON

While the set wasn't quite the same as the top-down set designs that would occur in later years, the story constrained designers to the point of creating some pretty terrible cards

Switching a creature's power and toughness twice (or any even number of times) effectively returns the creature to the power and toughness it had before any switches

With that said, the ability to shut down and minimize every single creature in the game is nothing to scoff at