No matter how good Double Fire is, with only 90 hp Simisear isn't going to last too long in the active Pokemon spot and if you don't have three energy cards on Simisear 20 damage every turn using Scratch isn't going to do much to an opposing stage 2 Pokemon
This is especially important when purchasing rare or expensive cards
702.174k: If a spells controller declares the intention to pay a spells gift cost, that spells gift was promised
Fact or Fiction was the big card draw card for such a long time before then people just assume it is good because it has had so much love over the course of magic history
As for the more coveted cards, Ionos Bellibolt, Lillies Clefairy, Ns Zoroark, and Hops Zacian finish the range of partner cards
Now that the dust has settled on the Prophet of Kruphix banning, I'm going to give my two cents on where the ban list in this format stands, and discuss cards I think that should or shouldn't be banned