That word-of-mouth reputation, rather than mass hype, is what is driving interest in this one.
Pikachu happens to be one of the poster-children of Pokemon so it definitely has more prints than a lot of cards, but even if you imagine 10% of that as an average per Pokemon (14 variations, or 5.5 prints) and multiply that out by the number of Pokemon presently in the franchise (721) youre looking at ~10k cards with variations or ~4k unique prints
Updated by Josh Coulson at 10:08 am EST on Thursday, January 9, 2025: Pre-orders for the first items in the Journey Together set are already live at the Pokemon Center but selling fast
The Campaign Expansion for Edge of the Earth will see players stranded in the middle of the Antarctic after a plane crash
Similar to polymorph decks in red and Izzet, this commander wants you to be picky about the creatures youre running, in order to quickly assemble a value engine or combo