Stuff like Timetwister could effectively gain a ton of life, and Gaea's Blessing makes you very hard to kill
Less effective: defensive.
While on its own Munkidori ex might not be super impressive, and even in a deck with the rest of the legendary crew, Munkidori might not be putting up a huge fight, but it is still a cool card to collect
Perfect for casual and tournament-level card games such as Pokmon TCG, Magic The Gathering, YuGiOh and Keyforge
It just means that all of your threats are bigger than before, along with being harder to get rid of
When you build a successful product it can be easy to stagnate and repeat the same things that brought you success in the first place, but Pokemon constantly innovates, which I think had led to its long term success