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Furthermore, its first attack allows players to attach 2 energy cards from the deck to any of their Pokmon on the board, which easily allows players to set up attacks on the next turn

Greninja ex (XY20) This particular Greninja card has a kaleidoscopic aesthetic that shows the frog in action, preparing a watery shuriken to fire at an enemy

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People get into it because Pikachu is cute

In that case, you are already reaching some interesting numbers, and its typing (no weakness) and HP help it survive better than Charizard, which can easily fall against something like Cramorant

Also your theory still falls under Scenario 1 in my example, just adding the assumption that rarity cards are released simultaneously, which there is no evidence to support as of yet (I had a lead with Blastoise ad in Oct 96 but went cold)