Some of the harder cards to pull, like the Special Arts, Pokmon ex cards, and Hyper Rare cards even depict the Pokmon and their trainer together
If your deck isnt interested in going infinite, Id look elsewhere for 4-mana blink enablers
Also I have a problem with " these cards were very likely released as giveaway promotions on a smaller level after the release of Red and Green" you need to back statements up like this with real sources
Outside of direct damage, we need to include plenty of ways to give our commander evasion
(As of recent support in the OCG, this issue has mostly been mitigated, with Blue-Eyes variants now able to perform "1-card" and "2-card" combos with help of the new Primite engine)
Playing these decks was a bit harder, as you needed to pay attention to which lands you were putting out there and the costs