The wait is over, and this iconic card is ready to take the hobby by storm. For those who cherish the artistry of the game and the history etched into every piece of cardboard, this release is nothing short of awesome.

Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the nation as Japan's economy sputtered through the so-called lost decades of the 1990s and into the 2000s.