So, if my oponent had a hypothetical attack that would require to return an energy to hand as a part of the cost, would they be locked out of using that attack?
This just sucks. It may be fine for people that have infinite money to burn on Pokémon, but there are so many more with limited budget that are put off by the change. And not everyone lives in a rich country. Most people where I live do not even make 4 digits per month. And gues what, cards cost...
I feel like they missed an opportunity to balance ace-spec tools a bit more. They could have easily made it so that they can not be targeted by other trainer cards. As such, it would be much harder to remove them, but also tutor them or loop them from discard. Printing them in a format with...