The original cards were released in 1998, and you can clearly see that they are heavily using the original illustrations from that era, which will appeal to the current 30+ sleeper Pokmon fans
Eeveelutions are always super popular in the TCG, having previously almost single-handedly driven demand for the Sword & Shield set Evolving Skies
As many have realized by now, theres something weird with a handful of cards in the set, to the point where Facebook groups dedicated to misprints and printing errors are being required to do blanket PSAs to prevent a deluge of posts
And, sure, this kind of play pattern will absolutely paint a huge target on your back, but when you're out there representing a Phyrexian Praetor, playing nice was never really part of the game plan
It pairs nicely with creatures like Reassembling Skeleton and Forsaken Miner that recur themselves to sacrifice over and over since tokens dont trigger Bhaal