When you reduce the risk this much, slow decks have to start asking themselves what reasons they have not to play Yidaro, and Ive already seen prominent deck-builders in the community reaching for this weirdly-hasty turtle
WotC tried to find a middle ground by releasing four packs of non-tournament-legal reprints for the jaw-dropping price of $999
So if we're trying to be optimized, don't fight it, go all-in on Cloud
While the most valuable Unbroken Bonds cards typically feature two subjects, Blastoise breaks the streak with its colorful Rainbow Secret Rare
Examples are Brock's Mankey (switches the defending Pokemon, was played as an "anti-Slowking"), and Cleffa (this card was literal bajeezus since it's a 1-energy draw seven (!), doesn't require evolution, retreats for free, and even had a 50% chance of avoiding any counterattack)