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Quicken also had a brief surge thanks to Days Undoing

On July 22, a Pokmon Presents stream revealed that Dragonite would be getting a Mega-Evolved form in the upcoming video game Pokmon Legends: Z-A

This said, both cards are currently banned in Legacy, and they are both brokenly powerful on their face, so my guess would be that they were simply too good for Standard, rather than being part of a specific oppressive combo

With the pending release of Pokmon Legends: Z - A and the return of Mega Evolution, it was widely assumed that the Pokmon TCG would also bring back Mega Evolution in some way

Because Extra Boosters run shorter print runs than main sets, the manga version stays tight in supply