As Polygon notes, The Pokmon Company has made clear that, when fans distribute art featuring any of the companys copyrighted intellectual property, they are agreeing to a royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license that gives it the right to use, transmit, copy, modify, and display Fan Art (and its derivatives) for any purpose. Legally speaking, that means TPC would have been in the clear to keep the immersive Ho-Oh as is

The Pioneer Regional Championship schedule spans across several months: September 2829 : Brazil October 56: United States October 1213: Japan/Korea and Southeast Asia October 1920: Chinese Taipei October 2627: No Regional Championship (due to Magic World Championship 30) November 23: China and South America November 910: Europe, Middle East, and Africa and Australia/New Zealand November 1617: Canada November 2324: No Regional Championship November 30December 1: Mexico/Central America/Caribbean These Regional Championships are important events, with fierce competition featuring some of the best Pioneer players in each region
Why grade a card that will never get used (literally a children's card game.)
Death Toll does a lot of work for not a lot of money