japanese steelix pokemon card 74/066 Metal Types Pokemon Card Steelix No.208 Old

Though it used a few assets from the mainline Pokmon video games, the Pokmon Trading Card Game video game wasnt based in the same world - or even a world where Pokmon were real

However, OPTCG has many high-cost Red Shanks with stronger effects that players dont ever feel the need to add this specific card to their decks

Its not even just legendary creatures, you can also make your planeswalkers uncounterable

Yes, a lot of their cards will be better than Shock, unless you were playing Limited back then in which case they might not have any such cards, but better enough

It truly depends on intent : Prestige/collecting: Lean Japanese

Its possible to play without them, but its something that the community would generally advise against