Most black decks that dont want to win through combat or combos are going to be winning with life drain, whether thats through intricate graveyard shenanigans, aristocrats, or just pumping a bunch of mana into a spell
Cards like Battle VIP Pass and Squawkabilly ex's Squawk and Seize give you multiple first-turn advantages to boost the strength of that ever-critical initial draw, all the more important since this deck has enough threats, and a precise enough execution, that you can quickly find yourself overwhelmed otherwise
Not only that, but its Scorching Cyclone attack does 160 damage while allowing the player to move an energy from Volcanion to a benched Pokemon
Pull rate from Regular Packs: 1.78% The estimated pull rate for Omastar (Genetic Apex) from a Regular Pack is approximately 1.78%, meaning you might need to open around 57 Regular Packs to obtain it
It's consistently ranked as one of the best Swords in the cycle, if not the outright best
To add insult to injury, when the online distribution came around bots snatched almost all of them up instantly