without that synergy, theyre probably worse than a tapped dual with subtypes, like the ones from Dominaria United, or duals like the gain lands that do something
It all stems back from the very first set, the Base Set, originally printed in English in 1999 - the big red lizard had the most hit points (HP) at 120, making it the toughest Pocket Monster to take down, the highest damaging attack (Fire Spin for a whopping 100 damage) making it the hardest hitting Pokmon without a drawback (were looking at you Chansey with your Double-Edge attack) and had the best resistance, it resisted fighting types by 30 damage, it also has an alluring and unique Pokmon Power which essentially meant any deck could run a Charizard, if you had one
PSA 10 ~$900 Glaceon ex Illustration Rare ~$450 Espeon ex SIR raw ~$199
Arcanine EX Deck Advantages : Strong Arcanine EX attacks Energy acceleration through Moltres EX Disadvantages : Self-damage drawback 2
Houndoom Stage 1 HP 100 Houndoom is a Stage 1 fire card from Pokmon TCG Pocket
All of this is wrapped in a vanilla white border, a refreshing change of pace