They both tickled me and fed into my love of Slivers and Eldrazi
While cards are undoubtedly more commonly complex than in years past, MTGs overall power level has not risen egregiously, outside of outlier sets like Throne of Eldraine
Conclusions Of the Kanto trio, it is the one that has an approach of collecting almost close to Charizard, but still doesn't have many price exaggerations as it happens with its winged orange competitor
This Character gains +1000 power during this battle for every card trashed.
Luckily, this restriction can also come with a benefit
I suspect the decline of Rivers Rebuke can be blamed almost entirely on Deflecting Swat, as nobody wants to invest 6 mana only to have their targeted board wipe pointed back at them for free, but I personally dont think this potent spell is all that much worse now than it was years ago