Budew was one of the most notorious and surprisingly powerful cards of the Scarlet & Violet era, thanks to its free item lock that blocks your opponent from using any items
It is complete but has been opened to check for the holo/ex
Green has a slew of ways to untap a creature as a trick: Spidery Grasp, Aim High, and Ornamental Courage all offer a pump effect alongside an untapneatly hitting an opponent with blocks when they least expect it, then swinging back hard again with more exert
It gains a Rush effect when the opponent has five or more DON
About five years ago, those types of cards were much better since cubes were slower, but with many cubes adopting aggressive strategies and getting more efficient removal options, things like the Vindicate test (where you get an effect out of it if the creature dies at sorcery speed, so Consecrated Sphinx passes that test) hamper its effectiveness, but it does protect itself well if you are able to untap with it since you can turn just about any blue card into a counterspell or draw card
