What went wrong?

It's my favorite, what are you talking about

>>26718635

Too mainstream.

Three energies for fucking 30 damage.
Swords Dance is basically useless.
70 HP.

Powercreep starting HGSS.
It's better now in XY, though.

Its BST didn't increase when it evolved.

>>26718635
Haymaker was fine, but power creep ensued.

AND THEN EX CARDS HAPPENED.

>>26719482
Dude, fuck EX cards. What a bunch of bullshit.

>>26718763
>XY fixed the anime
>XY fixed the card game
>XY fixed breeding and EV training

It's like it sacrificed it's games to make everything else better.

>>26718762
>Swords Dance is basically useless.
You can use it at 2 energies and then add the third one next turn and hit for double damage, or use it at one grass, then add a double colorless next turn.

>>26719482
Power Creep is completly irrelevant in a format which has a constantly changing pool of cards.

This card is in literally every gen 1 format deck, it's a tcg staple.