Awarded to those who entered an illustration contest for Japanese magazine CoroCoro Comic in 1998, this card is apparently the only one "to bear the pen symbol in the bottom right corner and the only card to feature the word 'Illustrator' at the top." When you throw in the fact that it was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida (who designed a number of original Pokemon, including Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle), this card becomes even more desirable
Note: Given the delay between the release of the Dark Ascension spoiler and the release of this article, I decided that the best way to approach the set with a fresh viewpoint was simply to take a brief hiatus from reading articles that either a) assessed the new sets impact on Constructed formats or b) provided analyses of individual cards
Furthermore, there is one deck that gets a notable boost in power from this set
Metamorphosis is more conditional thanks to its miracle cost, but rewards you with two lifelinkers if you include itself
The dice are cool, and the lore tracker is a bonus