You won't find many moderately played (MP) or heavily played (HP) copies, so your options are limited
When a Pokmon is asleep during battle (this is a special condition and can occur due to an attack or unique card conditions), then it cannot use any attacks or retreat during its turn
Its high mana cost makes it less likely at competitive tables, however its potential cannot be ignored
In addition, new sets release more cards that are injected into the card pool which can create entirely new archetypes that stand with the strongest ones in the Boros combination
This is the most direct of the Swords, it offers no card advantage and has the capacity to fully wiff when it connects if everyone has no cards in their hands, most of the time however it is dealing huge amounts of damage and gaining enough life to make racing not an option
So Konami with the card game and other companies selling merchandise have to appeal to people who are already into it