When the lizardfolk Gev stumbled upon him as part of an adventure, they became fast friends, though Hugs couldn't speak a word and didn't yet have a name
One thing I felt clever about was drafting a few of these: I figured enough people would be playing Contraptions that maindecking these Beasts would be perfectly fine, and if I could Augment one with a way I could trigger it reliably, I could keep my opponents off Contraption advantage
Subtypes are ways for the game to make meaningful mechanical information on the type line of the card, and, if youre wondering, by volume, most of those subtypes are creature types
Like we just want to have like a fun environment here
This mechanic, interestingly, is split into a few different categories
All pokmon have a special ability that gives them an extra advantage in battle