Electroweb stops the opponents defending Pokmon from retreating in their next turn , while also doing 70 damage
Eventually, Mark Rosewater revealed on his blog how such an overpowered mechanic made it past playtesting: a combination of having to sink a lot of time into tweaking the complicated Mutate mechanic so that it didn't confuse players, and the COVID-19 Pandemic hitting right before the set's release and forcing everyone out of the office, meant that work on Companion kept falling to the wayside and eventually was allowed to be released in a semi-unfinished state, to game-breaking results
Its Burning Darkness attack only needs two energy, and because it scales in power as your opponent scores prize cards it's going to be relevant at any point in a match
if it somehow loses the saddle ability, itll still be a mount
Featuring the elusive double star rarity symbol found on the most coveted Japanese printings, the Illustrator Pikachu rightfully sits atop the upper echelon of Pokmon collecting
I can easily see Brock's Guts sliding into a Trevenant deck where taking a turn to recover discarded Trevenant lines would be beneficial