Yes, many stores offering pokemon cards Singapore carry Japanese Pokmon cards, which are popular for their unique artwork, early releases, and collectible value
Read the Bones seems like a really weak card that could be replaced with better card draw or recursion (Necropotence?)
The two best decks in the format right now, Deaths Shadow and Hammer Time, both play Thoughtseize, with it also being one of the most important cards in the formers deck
Mono-color aggressive decks are consistently one of the most effective and affordable ways to compete in Standard
The expensive activated ability is one of the best in the game, and when you consider that you have access to every game changer and tutors are one of the measures that put your deck up a bracket, a super-powered creature tutor for creatures and that cheats the card into play is busted