Sacrifice a Food: Until end of turn, target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power
Pre-release Base Set Raichu (1999) Sold for $550,000 Pre-release Base Set Raichu, often referred to as Pre-release Raichu, is one of the rarest Pokmon cards ever printed, and it's a surprisingly difficult card to identify because it looks just like a normal base set Raichu, which isn't worth nearly as much
However, Reserved List cards are a major exception, and this is one of the reasons some old cards remain expensive
You dont need to play it against a dedicated graveyard deck, either
However, its reliance on sacrificing creatures and relatively high mana cost makes it less appealing in competitive formats, where more efficient options exist
The goal was to slam the brakes on a format that had become oppressively fast and to also dismantle the big four archetypes that had choked out all competition