It all stems back from the very first set, the Base Set, originally printed in English in 1999 - the big red lizard had the most hit points (HP) at 120, making it the toughest Pocket Monster to take down, the highest damaging attack (Fire Spin for a whopping 100 damage) making it the hardest hitting Pokmon without a drawback (were looking at you Chansey with your Double-Edge attack) and had the best resistance, it resisted fighting types by 30 damage, it also has an alluring and unique Pokmon Power which essentially meant any deck could run a Charizard, if you had one
The Etched Foils found in the MTG Assassins Creed set have a fun twist, however, which may just change your opinion on the treatment
Houndoom Stage 1 HP 100 Houndoom is a Stage 1 fire card from Pokmon TCG Pocket
If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" from your hand, Deck, or GY
[11] To correct another oversight, a portion of the rare cards from Ice Age were added to the Reserved List