[191] [196] The mockups they proposed included 'graffiti style' drawings, [196] 'beefed-up' and more muscular-looking Pokemon, [197] and a new Pikachu that looked like "a tiger with huge breasts"
White does the heavy lifting of modifying your creatures with counters and equipment and auras while blue provides evasive threats like Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel to carry all those modifications
The costs outweighed the benefits for Christensen
While neither of them are currently a Game Changer, I wouldnt be shocked to see if they eventually get added to the list since they can provide early, fast mana acceleration
For the Master Ball variant, prices are even higher raw copies trade at $250$350 depending on the day, making it one of the most expensive modern pull variants in the entire TCG
It is speculated that the US/UK release will be in a similar window.