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Here is another source (nintnedo japan) stating the first release of any pokemon product was in 1996

Pokemon ex evolve from their normal pre-Evolutions, unlike 2012's Pokemon-EX (uppercase), which were always fully evolved Basic Pokemon

Its also really easy to break, as all you need is two creatures that can flicker each other, which not only produces infinite +1/+1 counters on your creatures, but also scales firebending up to make infinite mana when Zuko attacks

The precon is fairly fun out of the box, but you can also build around Cloud on its own (Ive built a soldier typal deck for it because sometimes I get an idea and just have to follow through, power level be damned)