marshadow gx pokemon card & Machamp (221/214) [Sun & Moon: Unbroken Bonds] Colorless Revenge (30+) If any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out by damage from an opponents attack during their last turn Marshadow GX (Full Art) (137/147)

If you have mana and enough things to sacrifice, you could make a creature quite deadly

Description for Pokmon XY Evolutions Booster Trading Card Game, Contains 10 Additional Card, Age Level 6+, Unweighed | 15580155 The Pokmon legacy evolves with the Pokmon TCG: XYEvolutions expansion

Fear not, cause Vintage Masters was made to solve all these problems

Pokemon Trading Card Game Japanese (2002) It took a few years and revisions for this design philosophy to seep through to the Japanese version of the game, but once a standard card back was decided upon, it stuck

I no longer see the simplicity as a drawback

It only cost two mana, only required green, and it was an enchantment, which made it tricky to interact with