While this does make these titles less exciting from a gameplay perspective, as World Championship annual releases sought to create a no-frills replication of TCG rules in a handheld form for the opportunity to play the game by-the-rules no matter where you were, some games did continue to have fun with the IP within this framework
Defiance Band, despite its requirements, is much more reliable and powerful than any of its alternate options as 30 extra damage is impactful at any stage of a match
Gardevoir has an ability named Psychic Embrace, which you can use to attach a Psychic Energy card to any Pokemon you like , but if you do, that Pokemon will receive two damage counters
The only experience I have with the Pokmon Trading Card Game is with the Game Boy Color game, back in the 2000s
The Verdict An equipment deck isnt revolutionary, but this precons more about slapping familiar FF7 faces on Magic cards than it is about reinventing Commander