Having cracked open the theme decks and played them against each other, they're startlingly similar to the way trainers can battle their Pokemon in the video games - and just like those, typing matters a bunch
To quote from the Bulbapedia pages: Dark Pokmon: In terms of card design, Dark Pokmon have a brown/black character window, evolution box and Pokdex box, as opposed to the regular gold
For example, players start with 20 lives and lose when they hit 0 in a regular game, but a card such as Transcendence can drastically change the dynamics when it hits the board unexpectedly
Pull rate from Regular Packs: 0.36% The estimated pull rate for Charmeleon (Shining Revelry) from a Regular Pack is approximately 0.36%, meaning you might need to open around 282 Regular Packs to obtain it
Still, the card does a decent impression of Psychic PossessionPsychic Possession, which I've already copped to loving