Watchwolf is probably the vanilla creature I've played the most in my history
Some things that may draw you into specific colors are: A really strong rare you're excited about Plenty of "removal" cards that can deal with your opponent's creatures A lot of playable cards in that color A good "mana curve" in that colormeaning lots of creatures of different costs Ideally, the colors you pick will have all four of these criteria, but if two or three of those are true, that's plenty good
So far as we can tell, Snap Pikachu was a promotional card released in Japan as part of the marketing for the Pokmon Snap video game
Three Psychic energy is so much to ask for, especially when Psychic-type Pokemon really don't have any acceleration
Though it doesnt look the part (in my opinion at least), that certainly hasnt hurt the value of the Mishras Workshop card, which will set you back at least a few thousand dollars if you want to get your hands on it
Gold Stars are the EX era's endgame: 27 English cards printed between 2004 and 2007, each depicting a shiny Pokemon, each pulled at a rate of roughly one per case, each aged twenty years in an era nobody preserved