As Magic head designer Mark Rosewater said on the October 4 livestream where The Brothers' War spoiler was shown, Wizards didn't think they could make a Magic card with this many effects: "It just didn't fit on the card"
In the May of 1998, another contest was held by the Manga magazine, this time titled "Mewtwo's Counterattack Comemmoration Illust Artist Contest." June 1998 saw another CoroCoro Comic competition, named "Pikachu's Summer Vacation Commemoration Illust Artist Contest." These competitions both asked readers to draw their own Pokemon card, and also come up with their own attacks
In the Pocket format, its strength comes from scaling over time, rewarding players who plan several turns ahead and understand pacing
Base Set Pikachu remains the closest to its original form, only seeing its HP rise by 20 points
Capricious Hellraiser - This gives the deck another way to use the graveyard and cast spells without paying their normal costs
At least these are with the pursuit of letting more people get product, and it seems like it could be effective thank GOD the dystopian surveillance system at least lets me purchase non-essential gambling products