>>38600624>they wanted their new ultra rare pikachu card to be the dominating force>print zapdosTotally.
I honestly think that they just didn't want Welder to be underwhelming and overstatted the card.
Welder didn't need to be generic acceleration, and it didn't need the draw 3 bonus tacked on. Pic related was amazing for balance as soon as something worth attaching to was printed.
God I miss XY.