It may be Charizard leading the charge, but plenty of other holographic cards from the west's very first set have sold for staggeringly high prices over the last year or so
That's for sealed, unweighed product from reputable sources, and at these prices, "reputable source" is doing heavy lifting
There are so many things that would fit MTG, and so many things that MTG would fit, and holding back from those just because you want to keep the multiverse consistent seems really odd when there really isnt any consistency here anyway
But more importantly, because so many of them are keying off of one keyword ("Hero"), it's not hard to understand exactly what this deck wants you to be doing from the start
Curie's last ability refers to the exiled creature, not the exiled card
The creators wanted Pikachu to be both cute and relatable, capturing the hearts of fans around the world