You want Pikachu EX to get out onto the field with three other Lightning Pokemon as fast as possible so that you can start taking down potential threats before they even arise : if you can take out a budding Stage 1 Pokemon before your opponent gets their evolution or EX, youre almost guaranteed the win
These removal mainly came from two categories, 1) as high cost cards that are expectedly powerful and 2) Really strong commanders, power should not be the sole reason to turn a card into a Game Changer
They have no effect while the companion is outside the game
Though its overnight success spawned legions of new CCGs and TCGs (which are the same thing, just with different names!), most other games launched in the 90s fell by the wayside and were eventually discontinued
(2024-11-08) If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it
In case you missed it, go check out my review of the deck, where we looked at what the deck does and how to play it