After the Japanese version of this set, Terastal Festival, sold so well and showcased jaw-dropping artwork for many different cards, the English release became even more sought after
Thats actually really good, and well worth playing
The problem was that the Freebooter couldn't hit creatures, but that didn't prevent it from being massively playable
Since you have access to blue, you get all sorts of control elements between counterspells, extra turn effects, and bonus card draw
Without them well be overwhelmed with unfair plays consisting of a million moxen with factories support
Against Nami, this creates a real counter-drain problem: she has to spend hand cards countering 3000-power to 4000-power characters across multiple attacks per turn just to avoid taking Life damage on Buggy's turn, none of which touches her own Leader draw since that only checks Life removal on her turn