Design-wise, the card does something cute: instead of preventing something, the card has it come with a devastating drawback
The set Plasma Blast (BW9) released around the time of my birthday, so I was able to get plenty of packs of the set
I remember looking at vanilla creatures that weren't particularly good deals, required obscene amounts of colored mana, and had names that seemed like they'd been crafted by pulling scrabble letters out of a bag blindfolded and thinking this was one of the best things I'd ever seen
Consecrated Sphinx - Consecrated Sphinx is one of the strongest draw engines you can run
Now add in Swords to Plowshares, Squirrel Nest, Altar of Dementia, Spiritmonger, Silent Arbiter, Mirari's Wake, Victimize, Ill-Gotten Gains, Stifle, Brainstorm, Rout, Pristine Angel, and even Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Happy collecting, and may your next Pokmon card be a rare treasure!