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As a common card, Farfetch'd is easy for anyone to obtain, so there's no major expense or long effort to getting one or two in your deck

A fleet of Thopters ends the game quickly, especially when you consider impulse draw is just card advantage, so you get a lot from a mere 2-mana play

This card is one of the rare ones in Foundations that will be legal in nearly every set

The main difference from the card art is the addition of the Pokemon League symbol within the box

Since he essentially gains +3/+3 each time he takes damage, and gives you three rad counters at the same time, any repeatable ping effect can grow Strong to obscene proportions and Mill your entire deck, opening the doors for a Thassas Oracle win the next turn