Did you know that the winners of each years TCG World Championships have their decklists immortalized and published as promo products for other players to buy
So you can potentially see unhealthy combos like that arising again with things like Shiftry (NXD 72/99) from Next Destinies, or Vileplume from Ancient Origins, or Exeggutor (PLF 5/116) from Plasma Freeze, which are all just incredible Grass-type Pokemon that are held back by the fact that they're Stage 1 or Stage 2, which is a good way to cripple a card -- or to balance a card, I should say -- to give it a really strong ability, but you make it a Stage 1 or Stage 2, and it's slower
It can be anythingpower, toughness, something in rules text, the name of a card (Four Wishes, anyone?), collector number, and so on
Thanks to HGSS, Basic Energy cards got a brand new looknow with stunning backgrounds and subtle silhouettes of Pokemon that actually match the type
The Space-Time Smackdown expansion is around the corner, so those willing to add Bastiodon to their decks will be able to try it out very soon and see if its really worth the time.