And with regard to the future
There's a good reason why this is one of the most favored Commander options from the pre-con deck, based on early reactions.
As a side effect, most Pokmon in the anime have moves that deal in both short and long-range combat, even if the Pokmon in question would only be effective with one of them in the games: For example, Team Rocket's Mimikyu knows both Shadow Ball (for long-ranged combat) and Shadow Claw (for short-ranged combat) despite being mainly a physical attacker in the games (and thus would normally only have Shadow Claw, which uses its physical attack)
Every mana creature, utility creature, and nearly every token creature will be coming our way at the suddenly inexpensive-sounding amount of seven mana
Collectors will be looking to pull shiny versions of favourite Pokmon such as Pikachu, Tinkaton, Ceruledge and the dragon/fish combo of Tatsugiri and Dondozo, but the real chase prizes are the new shiny Tera ex cards - Charizard, Forretress and Esparthra will sport Tera crowns and alternate typing alongside their palette swaps
It is consistently stunning
