The activated abilities don't get to surprise people like instants would, but being able to offer the activations to an ally, or during combat as a trick is really cool
If you control fewer than two other creatures at either time, you won't draw a card
Haldan, Avid Arcanist and Pako, Arcane Retriever really have me torn
If there's one thing the Pokemon TCG does well, it regularly releases at least one outstanding supplemental expansion with big surprises in each generation
Bolstering means you dont exactly get to choose which creature youre giving +1/+1 counters to, but itll usually mean youre increasing a creatures ability to crew your fleet
These pre-constructed, ready-to-play decks allow you to dive right into the game without the need to collect and assemble your own deck