what more can you ask for from a middle evo tbh?
A lot, actually.
1) More HP
2) An Ability, preferably one that triggers upon Evolving from hand
3) A worthwhile attack, though not one meant to be the focus of the deck
In the TCG, lower Stages of Evolution hit the field and have to contend with non-Evolving Basics (usually not encountered until later in the video games) as well as Pokémon-EX that are huge and hit hard; unlike in the video games where something comparable only happens if you want to challenge yourself or get careless. Evolution happens during battle in the TCG and has to happen over and over again... so it makes more sense to "front load" Hit Point scores, having lower Stages clock in higher because all across the board Evolving Pokémon need to be able to take more damage than they do in the video games.
Now, the new one is
way better than any previous
Frogadier and than most Evolving Stage 1 Pokémon, but if the Stage 2 form clocks in at say 130, then give
Frogadier 100 HP (enough that it
might even survive a hit!), change the attack to an Ability that Evolves your
Froakie in play and only triggers once, when you Evolve one of your Pokémon in play into said
Frogadier. Give him an attack that either finishes your set-up or allows it to act as a cleaner/spare attacker Preferably also make
Froakie a "contributor" to the line as well. Suddenly your guy that takes three cards and two turns to get into play has the benefits spread throughout the entire line so that if it gets taken down early, it isn't a total loss
and that final Stage doesn't have to be as insanely strong to compete with a non-Evolving big, Basic Pokémon.
We can't play a BREAK Evolution with
Archie's Ace in the Hole, but we can still do that with
Frogadier and/or
Greninja; gotta wonder if
Froakie will be worth it at all. Even
Frogadier isn't a guarantee; get three more 70 HP guys that are easy Prizes if you don't get them Evolved ASAP while also giving up a Prize (because the Active, attacking
Frogadier is a gonner) or... just suck it up and build a deck that can spam
Archie's Ace in the Hole assuming it is worth having multiple
Greninja?