-- Toinelay: "Yes, it says "for each Fire Energy"
Although similarly-named Pokmon-EX were present during the XY era of the TCG, they were always Basic Pokmon (or Mega Evolution), even for evolved Pokmon such as Charizard, meaning actual evolution cards (Stage 1 and Stage 2) became less and less used and the gameplay was focused more on hard-hitting Basic Pokmon
Vexing Radgull is a little niche, but I actually think in many ways its a stronger Thrummingbird for proliferate decks
Sacrifice after III.) I, II Until your next turn, creatures you control gain ": Add one mana of any color." III Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control
In Commander pods, theres almost always at least one green player at the table
In most cases, that includes decks that operate on attacks with unique conditions like Hydro Pump, or decks with high HP Pokmon that attack for less damage than they have HP