If you wanna learn more about the early localization process including interviews with five members of the translation staff here are links to a couple videos I made covering Gen 1 and Gen 2
I do not think this is a good card in practice
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Youve got Pokmon you can play, trainer cards to tweak your strategies and cards, and energy to fuel your Pokmon moves, all compacted into a sixty card deck and a seven card opening hand
Sure, two mana for a Shock isn't that exciting, but as Bonecrusher Giant has shown us, as long as you're getting extra value as well it can be an excellent tool to make sure you don't fall behind in the early game as well as give you a big boost in the midgame as you have extra threats to work with
