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The goal with this deck is to find the Alakazam evolution line as soon as possible and begin building it, and evolve Drowzee into Hypno as soon as possible

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To do this, you can use various methods

My following comments are speculation, but: The card designs could have been approved around the same time period as the first wave of 1996 cards, the contract could have enforced the release date of 1997 to stagger product hitting the market, the contract could have stipulated mew was to be withheld until approved, or indefinitely, or permission triggered by some other event such as a sales target