It all stems back from the very first set, the Base Set, originally printed in English in 1999 - the big red lizard had the most hit points (HP) at 120, making it the toughest Pocket Monster to take down, the highest damaging attack (Fire Spin for a whopping 100 damage) making it the hardest hitting Pokmon without a drawback (were looking at you Chansey with your Double-Edge attack) and had the best resistance, it resisted fighting types by 30 damage, it also has an alluring and unique Pokmon Power which essentially meant any deck could run a Charizard, if you had one
The first is the obvious coin-flip deck, where you'll have a little more control over its effect
Generally it completely breaks the meta and helps to keep things fresh
Phoenix Down Series: From Final Fantasy IV and later (the name, not the concept of a revive item) Spoiler Level: N/A Phoenix Down is one of Final Fantasy's most basic items
Pokmon TCG tends to be the first step in many players relationship with trading card games, with fans often moving on to Yu-Gi-Oh