So, in answer to the question, What year did Pokmon cards come out?it was the transformative year of 1996 when these beloved cards began their journey into the hands and hearts of enthusiasts around the world
You've got good mana fixing with Ignoble Hierarch , Rampant Growth , and the full set of Talismans , you have a decent suite of answer cards like Maelstrom Pulse and Terminate , card draw from things like Syphon Mind and Deathreap Ritual , and significant threats in the form of Broodmate Tyrant and Archon of Cruelty
It isnt quite a Vampiric Tutor, but its immediately better than a lot of other mono-black ways of searching your deck, like Diabolic Tutor or Grim Tutor
However, since usually the first Pokmon we defeat is EX, which gives 2 win points, we only need to defeat one Pokmon of any type after that to win the game