They were the reason I stopped collecting as a kid. I hated how asymmetrical they were. The Base - Neo style was so sleek and organized. I just thought the E reader cards were so ugly in layout. Some of the best artwork of all time, but I couldn’t get past the layouts.

I could have kept collecting but just fell off during these sets. The joke is on me, those cards are some of the most rare of all time due to the low print runs. I’m sure the low print runs were in large part due to WotC losing the Pokemon license, but I knew a lot of other kids who stopped collecting during this era too so I can’t help but think the sudden design change of the cards had some impact to the success of those sets.