EX Pokemon cards feature fully evolved Pokemon that can be played immediately, as if they were a Basic Pokemon card
Sure, getting access to your spell for a turn isnt as good as returning it to your hand, but Scholar is also a red card, which means it can be played in the likes of Kuldotha Burn
The card's number is SV49/SV94, meaning that it is number 49 of the 94 Shining Vault cards
Dragonsguard Elite Dragonsguard Elite might not look powerful when you initially put it out onto the battlefield, but as a low-cost creature that you can get out early and slowly buff up over the course of a few turns, its everything a Green deck wants at the two-drop slot
This deck was missing a key piece that could reliably blow up opposing players hand, and DPE seemed to be the missing piece
However, if you have no face-up monsters when the effect resolves, you can Summon any Type/Attribute of monster