Psychic-type Pokmon are masters at energy acceleration, damage manipulation, and disruptive control
People were weirdly low on it when it came out because it was four mana, but so many people are low-mana-value-pilled that they miss out on obvious potential
The idea, they explained via press releases and blog posts, was to convey the experience of the card game as closely as possible via a computer, complete with a collection element, regular tournaments, and much of the original art
Alternatively, you could play Sheriff of Nottingham, Corrupt Official with Simba, Fighting Prince - whose ability, Step Down or Fight, gives players the option to draw two cards and discard two cards whenever they banish another character in a challenge, or The Queen, Disguised Peddler, which allows you to tap it to discard a character to gain lore equal to the amount of lore that character can gain
Still, none were quite able to reach the golden goose status of Gamefreak's massive franchise