I remember the lore for these fakes were because charizard was so expensive, this was a way for kids to play with one
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This allows you to combo her with your removal cards to deal with high-cost Characters and prevent your opponent from taking over the field
In fact, he is one of several useful Stage 2 Water types, so he would be at home in a deck based around Archies that picked out the right Water Pokemon (Empoleon, Swampert, Blastoise) for the right situation