Even if you ignore the sideboard trick, it can still pump out 0/1 tokens to chump block or feed other effects
The English Pokemon Base Set was released on 9th January 1999 The Japanese Pokemon Base Set was released on 20 October 1996 Check out this old school commercial
We've seen a ton of cards that care about players drawing more than one card per turn, like Faerie MastermindFaerie Mastermind and Orcish BowmastersOrcish Bowmasters, rise to prevalence in Commander
You can do a lot in March of the Machine Draft with Lurrus and a Scorn-Blade Berserker, and thats just the tip of the iceberg
Includes 1 deck of 100 Magic cards (98 nonfoil cards and 2 Traditional Foil Legendary cards), a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack (contains 2 alt-border cards of rarity Rare or higher, at least 1 of which is Traditional Foil), 10 double-sided token cards, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), 1 strategy insert, and 1 reference card
This allows the player to pull Energy cards from other Pokmon, potentially powering Blastoise up for a massive Hydro Pump, or even saving an Energy card from being discarded before the defeat of another Pokmon