Heat Wave Arena features Trainers Pokmon cards, including partner-focused cards for Ethan, Misty, Cynthia, and Arven
It also keeps all attacks, Pok-Powers, and Pok-Bodies from the earlier level
The deck leverages Psychic Frog and Abhorrent Oculus as resilient, standalone threats, backed by a suite of counterspells and efficient removal like Fatal Push
However, this couldn't be further from the truth with the support they've gotten over the years
They deal damage whenever one or more counters are placed on a creature you control, so modulars combination of an initial burst of counters and death trigger means you can burn out your enemies quickly
However, more than once I Devour Fleshed myself to help me out of a tight spot, and giving up that functionality was an uncomfortable one for me