Rares are where you start seeing more powerful build-arounds, board wipes, pushed creatures, unusual enchantments, premium lands, and cards with effects that would be miserable if they appeared too often in Limited
Evolving from Phanpy, this Pokmon doesnt take a huge amount of time to get online, and when placed in the Active Spot, it can knock out most cards in the game
Shifts in the meta can cause decks to change in popularity, but most of the best decks in Legacy are pretty well-established
Yes, if Rest in Peace is in play and rad counters are triggered, the mill still happened and so life would be lost and the rad counters would go away
Non-Pikachu cards including the reissue of the first Charizard card are also included in the set