For example, Zirda may be in your starting deck even if your other permanent cards dont all have activated abilities
This deck has what it takes to fight the meta-defining Trafalgar Law and even new contenders like Jewelry Bonney
Here's the full card list for the Beedrill ex starter deck: Sprigatito x2 Floragato x2 Meowscarada Weedle x2 Kakuna x2 Beedrill ex Pinsir Buneary x2 Lopunny X Speed Pok Ball x2 Professor's Research x2 Red Paldean Clodsire is slightly less flexible, but very straightforward
The drawback here is that the Mutate effect inherently makes you susceptible to a two-for-one trade, as it essentially works like putting an enchantment on your own creature
For example, Ive seen Emergent Ultimatum combo piles that are geared towards dealing exactly twenty damage with two Scholar of the Lost Trove and an extra turn, and if thats what they end up at, you could swing the game by having access to a lifegain spell
Obviously, compared to Birthing Pod, this new Sidisi requires a little more set up