I also think it is a criminally underplayed card
You'll notice that none of the Kanto starters, which are supposed to be the face of this set, feature in this list of the best decks and that's because well they're not doing great
The other mode with Winter Orb is not to bother locking down your opponent fully, just to operate far better than he can and win the game in a fight with efficient creatures
but shockingly, many of its severely limited cousins, like Lava Spike and Spark Elemental (Lightning Bolts that only hit players), or costly analogues that cost cards or time, like Rift Bolt and Shard Volley, are playable
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It can burn roughly 10,000 or less, making it a wide-range removal card