Securing a land drop and giving you an extra card to play later is exactly what blue-red tempo decks need to keep up the pressure and not die down after some turns
Mana symbols in reminder text dont count toward a cards color identity
Plus all the Pikachu variants: Surfing Pikachu, Flying Pikachu, every promo, every full art, every alt art Game Freak keeps printing
2 Pidgeot ex Can Easily Change the Outcome of a Game First Printed in "Obsidian Flames" Being able to retreat for free is a powerful ability that not many Pokmon have, and this allows players to put a Pokmon in their active spot that would not be locked in there for having too high of a retreat cost
This is another testament to the approachability to this set
Special Conditions in Pokemon TCG are part of the core mechanics of the game, and heres everything you need to know about them including how many there are and how they affect your play