Empoleon DEX isnt popular right now in spite of minor new set hype, and the only other Water Pokmon to see any success or notable play at all is Kyurem EX , primarily in Klinklang BLW or Vileplume/Reuniclus BLW variants, neither of which are that popular
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Also, unlike OCG, where you can equip magic as much as possible, it is limited to 3 cards, but there are only 3 magic & trap zones that can be used in Rush Duel anyway, so it is not a big difference
Then again, according to a lot of players Ob Nixilis, The Adversary doesn't really need any help
Free retreat is nice and 90 HP is okay for a Stage 1, but Accelgors second attack is why he deserves attention
Reddit user Pufferpanda wrote, [TCG Pocket] was also my first introduction to a pokemon tcg when i started playing last month but I eventually checked out the main tcg because I craved the competitive/ranked system. Based on my real-life anecdotal experience, this makes a lot of sense
