Competitive cards tend to fall into one of a few categories: they offer game-changing effects, enable consistent draw/search power, provide strong single-prize or multi-prize value, or have synergy with existing top-tier decks
A 12-year-old can love it because they are calculating "EV" (Effort Values) and "IVs" to build a competitive team that can win actual tournaments
The rip test The light test's infinitely more evil variant, this requires you to tear open or peel back the corner of your card to check for the presence of that magical, authenticity-guaranteeing internal black layer
The Lesson: The grown-ups who run big finance are admitting that betting markets give them a better idea of what's real
All in all, Id argue that Alakazam is best run alongside Drowzee and Hypno, or Koffing and Weezing, for the best results from this deck
Existence is a reanimation enabler that you can activate at instant speed to abuse Sefris's Create Undead effect