Many researchers have had great success in creating life in Kanto
80 HP for a stage 1 is not acceptable in todays metagame, and while I can almost excuse it for his low Retreat Cost and Fighting resistance, weakness to lighting isnt the greatest at the moment, and even barring his weakness hes unlikely to survive past turn 3 against ANY deck
This brings me to one of my biggest issues with the bad booster opening experience
But I still allot 2 or 3 cards for recursion in every deck, unless my whole strategy is based around the graveyard, in which case Id use a lot more
You cant rely on blink with counters that fall off unless youre in The Ozolith territory
The same James whose lines in the oft-used Team Rocket motto include 'Surrender now or prepare to fight.' This nod to the anime is sure to please any long-time Pokmon fan, it's just a shame the same wasn't done for the Arbok in the same set