kyogre pokemon card - V 037/159 - Crown Zenith Water Tidal Surge (230) Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. [Pokemon Card Game/[S8a] 25th ANNIVERSARY

Part of the reason for this ban is to prevent the format from being dominated by some of these insanely powerful cards, which makes sense when you look at which cards we know have been banned so far

As to what characters we might se in the set, Rasmussen hinted that if you can name a character, its probably in the set, even going so far as confirming Samwise Gamgees loyal horse Bill the Pony will be putting in an appearance

Surgical does have the gotcha clause of coming free and straight from your hand, unlike options like Scavenging Ooze or Tormods Crypt where your opponent knows about the threat of fallout

Second, if Barbflare Gremlin attacks and survives, it will start burning every other player at the table every time they tap their lands