Pair it with Pemmin's Aura in a Dimir deck and enough mana and youre practically unstoppable
Plus it also has a quick effect where you can discard any card to negate and destroy any effect card

The rarity table for Base Set 2 is give below: image881763 16.9 KB The uncommons sheet (including the obscured cards) is as follows: Dodrio, Butterfree, Machoke, Defender, Arcanine, Dratini, Exeggutor, Dewgong, Energy Retrieval, Haunter, Farfetchd, Ivysaur, Marowak, Full Heal, Fearow, Kakuna, Magikarp, Maintenance, Charmeleon, Lickitung, Nidorina, Rhydon, PlusPower, Growlithe, Persian, Nidorino, Poliwhirl, Pokmon Center, Growlithe, Raticate, Parasect, Machoke, Pokdex, Pokmon Center, Tauros, Weepinbell, Seaking, Professor Oak, Jynx, Double Colorless Energy, Butterfree, Marowak, Super Potion, Magikarp, Magmar, Haunter, Exeggutor, Dodrio, Seel, Defender, Arcanine, Seaking, Kadabra, Weepinbell, Energy Retrieval, Jynx, Dewgong, Farfetchd, Ivysaur, Rhydon, Full Heal, Haunter, Fearow, Kakuna, Wartortle, Maintenance, Charmeleon, Lickitung, Nidorina, Machoke, PlusPower, Magikarp, Persian, Nidorino, Dewgong, Pokmon Center, Growlithe, Raticate, Parasect, Poliwhirl, Double Colorless Energy, Marowak, Tauros, Weepinbell, Charmeleon, Pokdex, Magmar, Double Colorless Energy, Seel, Professor Oak, Arcanine, Dratini, Butterfree, Super Potion, Rhydon, Defender, Farfetchd, Parasect, Poliwhirl, Kadabra, Fearow, Exeggutor, Seaking, Energy Retrieval, Lickitung, Ivysaur, Full Heal, Professor Oak, Dratini, Kakuna, Super Potion, Wartortle, Maintenance, Raticate, Nidorina, Seel, PlusPower, Persian, Nidorino, Wartortle, Kadabra The commons sheet has the card sequence shown below

During your opponent's next turn, whenever your opponent attaches an Energy from their hand to the Defending Pokmon, put 8 damage counters on that Pokmon