Testing with Izzet Phoenix featuring one copy of The Royal Scions led me to believe that it is likely one of the best cards in the archetype if you can build around it
Oddish costs 35 Pack Points to craft
Basically, this means that unless you are playing item cards like Switch or Escape Rope, there is nothing you can do if a useless Pokmon is stuck on the active spot, even if it has zero retreat cost
As for what you'll have to choose from should you get the opportunity to buy items from The First Chapter re-release, there are a few items up for grabs for those of you in the US
It also helps that this is an Azorius precon, meaning it only uses white and blue mana, keeping things simple for new players, but the volume of colorless cards also means you should never be short of cards to play, so long as you have mana on the board
At first, I actually worked at Yellow Submarine part-time