Its ability is even worse, you must pay three mana and discard a card, the ultimate loss of card advantage, just to give it a temporary +1/+2 boost
It took ten years for them to finally make a card arguably stronger than Jace, the Mind Sculptor (and even this head-to-head is a challenging one to call, as I can imagine a lot of formats where Jace is better)
That alone makes it an amazing card, but it also can flip and set cards already on the field, setting their monsters' effects up to activate during the next turn or during the opponent's turn if they think they can destroy it
Its ability to give all your spells flash means you can play reactively and keep opponents guessing
Yup, this is the Pokmon TCG Pocket version of the process of evolving Gimmighoul in the mainline Pokmon games and Pokmon Go, which involves collecting 999 Gimmighoul Coins
While the ability of Charizard VSTAR is unknown at the moment, its high hit points make it a resilient card that can withstand multiple attacks from opponents