Charizard VSTAR is reasonably powerful, but it may take too long to set up, whereas a different card, like Entei V, could be far more effective instead for the same purposes

3-Color Superior Spider-Man Reanimator Combo Superior Spider-Man | Illustration by Carlos Dattoli Creature (27) Ardyn, the Usurper x2 Bringer of the Last Gift x4 Deceit x4 Formidable Speaker x3 Harvester of Misery Oblivious Bookworm x4 Overlord of the Balemurk x4 Superior Spider-Man x4 Terror of the Peaks Enchantment (3) Instant (5) Bitter Triumph x2 Requiting Hex x3 Sorcery (2) Land (23) Blooming Marsh x3 Breeding Pool x3 Cavern of Souls Gloomlake Verge x3 Island Overgrown Tomb x4 Swamp Undercity Sewers Underground Mortuary Wastewood Verge Watery Grave x3 Willowrush Verge Sideboard (15) Deadly Cover-Up Duress x2 Glarb, Calamity's Augur x2 Harvester of Misery Intimidation Tactics x2 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Quantum Riddler Shoot the Sheriff Strategic Betrayal Tishana's Tidebinder Webstrike Elite Wistfulness This four-color deck is actually a Sultai midrange deck that offers a lot of grindy value, and can combo finish their opponents by turn 4 or 5

Swapping in Dauntless Bodyguard lowers the curve immensely
The issue however is not so much the differences from the RPGs as it is simply having these basic and pretty consistent weaknesses in a game that, unfortunately, strongly encourages mono-type decks in its design (or one type + colorless), since youll be needing specific energy types to charge your Pokmon and receive them at random if your deck uses multiple types
With its thunderous attacks and natural resilience, Electivire ex is perfect for an offensive strategy focused on powerful strikes and paralysis effects
Rapid Strike Energy Rapid Strike Energy counts as two Energy for Fighting- and Water-type cards