Due to unfortunate game-balancing choices over the years, Dragon-type cards have become some of the most aggravating meta threats to deal with in the Pokmon Trading Card Game
Jirachi here is effectively an engine for drawing exactly what you need and loading up on Energy
In retrospect, the 'Through the Omenpaths' name was an obvious hint at this, but either way I love that we're getting new cards set on Bloomburrow, Duskmourn, New Capenna, and loads of other worlds I'm not expecting to see featured in a main set for years to come
the drawback is that Ionos Bellibolt cant attack on the following turn
Where the aforementioned spells ask you to lean in through gameplay, Patriarchs Bidding offers a deck building incentive: stack your deck with creatures of a single type, and youre guaranteed to get more out of this card than most opponents
Same with Force of Will from $50 to a lot more and then down to $75