The return of both of these cards was indeed a response to the explosion in popularity of super low to the ground go wide decks
The slowness is a hindrance, of course, if it's a normal activation effect, it can't be helped because it's broken, but the RBI isn't that high, so it's a little difficult to use
Being an easily burnable card at the very least, and also allowing you to switch a basic Pokemon with the Heavy Ball, will make prizing Pokemon much less of a detriment to your success in a game
This is your Fight value plus various weapons minus the monster's combat rating
Once per turn: You can target 1 Machine Xyz Monster you control, then activate 1 of these effects
For our Commander players, we created 6 new rares and 2 new mythic rares that are intended for Commander play