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a Flying-type Pikachu)

Tanky for a Stage 1 evolution

Being able to reduce your Retreat Cost by two instantly allows for new tech Pokmon to be featured in decks that were previously limited to reducing their Retreat Cost by Rescue Board [Temporal Forces] or Latias ex [Surging Sparks] to find their way into many more meta-relevant decks

Furthermore, Starmie ex will act as a faster acting aggressive card to put pressure on the opponent

Once the card came out, I asked players to see if finally they got that the creature was being crushed by giant parentheses and they still didn't even with the giant yellow sticky note, which somehow makes the yellow sticky note joke even funnier