When Reiji tries to get them involved in the war, the council refuses on the basis that it doesn't benefit the competitive system the City runs on
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As long as your opponent isnt playing with an insanely powerful or convoluted deck that can hit hard on the first turn, your Riolu should be able to hold on until you can get Lucario into play it has a reasonable 70 HP, which can withstand many early game attacks, along with a Punch (costing 1 Fighting Energy to use) that deals 10 HP of damage
And even if you do play it, its abilities aren't overly impressive
As some folks are scared of math following traumatic experiences with the subject at school, I figured I would separate out the Math dangers from the Danger dangers, so feel free to take the dangerous path of mathematics or the easy road through this article
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