Pokémon Gold Star - Failed Cards & Mechanics

In the history of the Pokemon TCG, there have been many mechanics that allow you to only play a single copy of a certain card in your deck. In recent years, cards like the Radiant Pokemon have been limited to only one Radiant card in your entire deck. Before that, ACE SPEC Item cards had the same restriction. Before all those, in 2005, the Gold Star Pokemon were released. Just like the Radiant Pokemon, you can only have a single Pokemon Gold Star in your deck. While Radiant Pokemon are a key part of the current Standard format, very few of the Gold Star Pokemon released over the 9 sets they were present in saw any level of competitive success. Today, we’re going to look at each cycle of Gold Star Pokemon, examine why so many of them failed to see competitive success, and see what made the good Gold Star Pokemon stand out above them.

Script by ThePigThatCriedRii
Edited by Kevin

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