Not to mention Perrin has a pretty helpful effect making her likely to see some play in decks like Lugia VSTAR that need specific Pokemon in play for them to work
They could still design for Standard across multiple sets whether the individual sets were thematically linked or not, and they still reserved the right to have subsequent sets share a setting or plane, just with different Draft environments
What these cards all have in common, is that all of these cards, have never seen a release outside of Asia
I wont pretend that cheap, instant-speed interaction isnt good, but for spells like this to be good, you need ways to either recoup the card disadvantage (and have a lot of powerful spells) or to utilize the tempo advantage by attacking
Pattern 3: Launch Spike 60-Day Correction High-rarity cards almost always spike on release day, then correct 20-40% within 1-2 months as supply stabilizes
Its easy enough to get involved since the game is free and available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play