Characters like 4-cost Law and 6-cost Jozu can remove opponents Characters from play, weakening the presence on the field and making it more difficult for them to gain control
I can see this as a particularly odd way to save something valuable (at the cost of your other stuff), and keeping it plump with time counters makes it hard for someone who doesnt like math to apply their removal to you
Both of these are worthy of being a three-mana spell on their own, but having them both on one card makes this a great card against a lot of different decks, and you can play it without worrying about what it is your opponent might be doing
36 packs is by far the most packs you can obtain in a single Pokemon TCG product purchase
Check out Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus for the Phyrexianized version
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