Those weaker cards are still almost definitely obsolete and will see very little, if any, play with those newer cards around
The eighty-seven percent gem rate is astonishing by any standard and tells us two things with remarkable clarity
There are five main Special Conditions that exist in the Pokemon TCG , all of which are represented by altering the orientation of a card afflicted (turned clockwise, counter-clockwise, upside down, etc.) The most common is being Poisoned, which adds at least one Damage Counter onto the afflicted pokemon during each of their turns
I've always considered them cornerstone of every aristocrat-ish deck and, while Liesa, Shroud of DuskLiesa, Shroud of Dusk isn't explicitly pushing in that direction, cheap and reliable lifegain should be at least popular
Im sure itll spawn its own Commander decks down the line but stick with Caesar out of the box