It reliably ramps lands, and since the crew cost is low, it seems good to have creatures used for mill-based ramp hop in and go on to ramp even more lands
The Witch's tokens are pests, so they'll get Blech's buff, and will easily get you a ton of Blech triggers
Cards first get designed, drawn, and printed on a smaller scale to test out the game itself
As a control deck, you want to dissuade people from attacking you and protect your life total as much as possible
I came up with a very unique control deck that played into a really bizarre rules advantage of the time if you used Serrated Biskelions ability to give a creator a -1/-1 counter, you could phase out the Biskelion which meant your opponent received the counter, but your Biskelion wouldnt be there to weaken itself
Pokemon knows that the main value of these cards is their collectability, so they cut down on the print runs to create a FOMO and have a more consistent sell-through