It's also just 2 mana sort of almost anti-hatebear, I suppose it's still really a hatebear, but it disables counterspells and damage prevention
That attack + recovery package makes Blastoise & Piplup-GX frustrating to trade into, especially for decks that rely on two-hit knockouts
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You'll need to discard two Energy when using Star Blaze, but the 320 damage it doles out is enough to take down a VMAX card in one fell swoop
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Cold Wave Cold Wave is banned because it is not only a floodgate, but its THE floodgate