There were decks that utilized Pidgeot and those that fought against it
In it, powerful banned cards from other formats were rebalanced, and WotC says the response from players who had only ever played digitally was very positive albeit, entirely new digital cards are certainly a step further than temporary rebalances
By the third turn when you drop it it's highly likely that something is in a graveyard
While ramp can be useful, the Harness cost is a lot compared to reanimation like Zombify
(As of right now, only Espeon ex, Vaporeon ex, Jolteon ex, and the previously revealed Flareon ex and Eevee ex are translated.) I feel like espeon is not weak at all, forcing your opponent to re-search all of their evolved Pokmon is pretty impactful especially against pidgeot reliant decks or ones that use mid-stage evolutions such as kirlia or drak as draw engines
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