It also seems that pulling Secret Art Rares and Holo Gold Rares is tougher to pull off with this set, which is exactly how it should be
(This is why I mentioned needing two Charcadets.) This isn't as simple as just gathering the required 50 Charcadet Candy for each evolution, so 100 Charcadet Candy in total, though as you need to fulfil a special requirement and this differs depending on which evolution you want
Italian, Dutch, Chinese, and Korean Base Set cards will always have the 1999-2000 copyright date, and German, French, and Portuguese will always have 1999 (English and Spanish are available with both 1999 and 1999-2000)
Decks with archetypal hand traps are often Tier 1 strategies, and a recent example is the K9 engine, with K9-17 Izuna among the best archetypal hand traps printed