You want to make sure that your high-value, rare cards keep their value, whether you look to sell or trade your cards in the future or want them insured
Collectors seem to have also bought into this rationale and, for all intents and purposes, if a card exists with the same art and set symbol on both set lists, theres no real reason to figure out which version youre holding
Mienshao basically has one move that can do something no matter what other cards you have in your deck, I would try and have a few Pokemon with free retreat costs in my deck, use that Pokemon for awhile and then when the defending Pokemon is close to getting knocked out, move Mienshao in there and use Meditate to knock it out, Mienshao's retreat cost is low so you could retreat it back the next turn
Gyome, Master Chef is hard to remove and makes the rest of your stuff hard to remove
This Pokemon card provides a snapshot of Vaporeons natural habits, which the Pokemon TCGs illustrators are adept at capturing.
What do you think of disguise