The story behind the card enhances its status, giving it a lore of sortsa card so powerful that it had to be banished for the sake of serious players everywhere, or a card that could not be used for gameplay because there was something different about it which almost no other cards had
However, with cards like Wrenn's Resolve, Ignite the Future, Commune with Lava and derivatives, it is possible to "draw cards" with the exile effect
The addition of its Hidden Ability, Swift Swim, further enhances its versatility, making it a viable choice in various team compositions
I played on the non-energy side of both the Constructed metagames just discussed, and I had just as hard a time containing those dynamic archetypes as everyone else
Certainly it is a powerful card that is broadly on theme
What attacks does Cubone have