As a result Dark Pokemon had lower HP, but higher attack power
In more recent formats, people have been siding cards that instantly win them the game: Dimensional Fissure, Mistaken Arrest, Retaliating C, etc
Whenever the childrens card game is brought up in a conversation, the most common thing Ive heard is oh man, I used to have tons and tons of cards, followed up by,But I sold them all to a kid, or my mom threw them away. For the lucky few of you that still have your cards locked away in a dusty box somewhere, Im sad to say that while your cards ( if kept in great condition and valued as rare ) could potentially be worth a lot of money for a fellow nostalgic fan, theyre most likely completely unusable in an actual duel
There are also some spells that basically have lifelink thanks to their rules text, though they dont actually have lifelink so you could double the life gained with the previously mentioned creatures
Something like that