The design team buckled down and came up with some great themes, and the development team made those themes really work
In 2026, the Pokemon Center-stamped version of this card is going for around $181 ungraded
The black decks are just begging you to try and go all in on the Atog for the kill so that they can change the text on their Terror variant to "win the game"
Excadrill's second move is called Mach Claw, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one metal, and does 50 damage
Pokmon Catcher can help opponents play around it, Hypnotoxic Laser helps them play through it, and unlike every other ACE SPEC save Crystal Wall, playing Rock Guard means that you give your opponent a chance to get rid of it with Tool Scrapper
While its nowhere near as good, Viconia, Nightsingers Disciple could be another piece of sideboard tech with fringe usefulness