1999 energy pokemon card Lightning (100/102) - Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Discard those energy cards. Grass Energy [1st Edition] #99

They are forced to lose turns if they want to cast anything with a high mana cost

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Sure, we got Ox of Agonas in January 2020, but compared to what the rest of the format got (Uro, Titan of Natures Wrath for example), it wasnt that spectacular

Zapdos is a Lightning card

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The purists ended up winning out, thanks to the printing of cards like Force of Will, allowing Channel to be unbanned and merely restricted, but its legacy of being the most broken green card of all-time lives on to this day