Its a little pricey, and personally Id have rather had the body cost one less at the cost of some stats to enable it to be played on curve, but otherwise this card is solid
In the case of Zapdos EX, it has a simple attack that deals 20 damage to the opponent
This creates an immediate swing in momentum, forcing the opponent to spend multiple turns attempting to rebuild their army from scratch while the Ruby player pulls ahead in points
But at the same time, it lacks something like ward or flash
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You can set this up in the first few turns with Queen first, Nick Wilde Sly Fox Sleuth and the Queen damage ability on turn two, into Pluto turn three to play Queen again, setting you up for something similar turn four