Between the art and flavor text of the non-hat cards mentioned above, we were safe to gather that Urza was some sort of gifted inventor and artificer
Barbaros Batteryman Battleguard Battlin' Boxer Beetrooper Black Luster Soldier Blackwing Blue-Eyed Bounzer Brotherhood of the Fire Fist, Fire Formation Bujin, Bujinki, Bujintei, Bujingi Burittsukurku tentative Buster Blader, Destruction Sword Butterspy C Centurion tentative Charmer, Familiar-Possessed Chemicritter Chronomaly Chrysalis Clear Wing Cloudian Codebreaker Constellar Counter Crusadia Crystal Beast, Advanced Crystal Beast Crystron Cubic Cyber, Cybernetic, Cyberdark Cynet D D/D Danger
So, when you take the combat damage, you can assign a shield to each creature or other source of damage
Its also more evident now that Pokmon card value is driven by global interest: both English and Japanese cards can become valuable, and market TCG investment trends can flip quickly based on what the community is focusing on