Abilities, unlike attacks, often have no Energy cost and can be used at specific times, such as once per turn or when the Pokmon is played, providing ongoing benefits or immediate effects
While the budget versions may not always be as good as the originals, they fill the same sort of roles in budget decks and in even in non-budget decks can provide redundancy to some great card draw effects
This is a bit disappointing, as the chocobo that adorn the packaging do appear to be the Neon Ink chocobo
But as always, there are exceptions to the rule
It makes the Pokmon appear to sparkle when held in the light
It also prevents the first battle destruction of each of our insect or plant monsters each turn, and finally we can banish a monster we control to summon a Traptrix from hand or grave