Originally released in Japan in 1998, two years after the OG base set first hit stores, Pokmon Trading Card Game blends elements of the core RPG series and physical tabletop game to tell the story of Mark, a young boy from the imaginatively named TCG Island
Ratonhnhakton Ratonhnhakton is the only Esper-aligned assassin from the set, and plays into a graveyard and equipment theme similar to other Esper commanders (Im thinking Sharuum the Hegemon artifact-recursion style)
The other attack, Frost Barrier, is more consistent, and taking 30 less damage does give this Pokmon good survivability - but I think you need something even more explosive than this to risk a 3-prize-card Pokmon in your deck
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The part Im more interested in is giving first strike and forcing something else to block, which kind of acts like removal
According to Wikipedia there werent too many of those