While that holographic Charizard you probably traded for in 1999 is still highly sought after (even more so now, actually), the team behind the card game has installed several new mechanics, including a new Tag Team system where a single card can feature multiple Pokmon working together to perform extremely powerful moves
Legacy and Vintage, in particular, are pretty much constructed around the card and the things it can do
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You cannot use Backgrounds with commanders with Partner or Friends Forever, and you generally cant run two Backgrounds as commanders
While the article leads to more questions than answers, it clarifies this version of a playtest card is created in a brand-new way, unlike the ones seen in Mystery Booster products or Gavin Verheys special events at MagicCons