With the ability " Put the effort on " Incinerator ex could, under optimal conditions, perform the attack Burnout with just one Fire Energy
Both Red and Blue feature variations of creatures which dont appear in the other edition, and there are times where your choices, such as which Pokmon to choose from the three starter options, closes off the other Pokmon to you entirely over the course of your game
The mana base also seems notably poor quality to me
In a March 2022 PWCC auction, a rare 1st Edition Shadowless Charizard Pokmon card sold for $420,000 to become the world's most expensive Pokmon card
Between ever-changing sideboards, identifying the right kind of redundancy and trying to consider card within the context of the format, Pioneer players have a lot of mental work on their docket