it does nothing against decks leveraging the likes of Past in Flames to give flashback to noncreature spells, or similar strategies
I also think that Pokmon 151 is positioned well into the future of the competitive scene, with cards like Mew ex being seen in almost every deck already
It's not 100%, and you need to use it properly, but it does too much
Price of Knowledge reflects that
That popularity is probably what spawned this character, and their partner in crime Breeches, each receiving multiple additional cards in later sets
Design Notes : Like with Malefic Red Dragon Archfiend, I didnt want Malefic Armed Dragon being a repeatable board wipe given how easy Malefics are to summon, so I figured scaling it back to a single monster regardless of ATK would work nicely, and banishing rather than discarding would play into Malefic Cyberdark Dragons effect as well