The Kanto starters are among the most recognizable Pokmon of all time across the entire franchise the highest-grossing across all media, to boot and their final evolutions marked some of the most popular and powerful mon from the first generation of games
Giving a creature flying or making it lose flying after that point won't change the bonus the creature has, if any
114 | Choose any number of creatures
When in doubt, effects like Fling, Kazuul's Fury, and the sacrifice-less Soul's Fire help you to get the job done and deal the face damage you so desperately desire
Its plausible that this doesnt matter too much, since the gameplan is to make sure a Teferi never resolves in the first place, but Im already trimming Tempest Djinns against Esper Control to help make sure I can keep Teferi at bay, and adding a different three-mana sorcery speed threat doesnt really help with that approach
But unlike the Plant, this can swing and punch people in the face, rather than just block quietly behind the scene