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It is a spell used with a good activation cost of 3 main colors + 2 each of 2 secondary colors = a total of 7 specific colored mana

While the games normally have 18 different Pokemon types with some feeling a little redundant (really, what is the difference between Ground and Rock besides one possibly involving more dirt?), the TCG only has 11 different Pokemon types

This makes it not only easy to cast but also able to be brought out off of a Collected Company (which can also put Scurry Oak on the battlefield with it to instantly make the combo)

You can't create a token that's a copy of a nonpermanent card

Now let's take a deeper dive and check out the individual cards

V Guard Energy both provides Colorless Energy to power up the attacks of the Pokmon its attached to and provides a bit of damage mitigation from attacking Pokmon V for any Pokmon its attached to