The card has the effect of attaching an Energy from the discard pile to one of your Benched Pokmon, which is considered "weak" in the format (almost similar to Beda, the only difference being that it attaches from the hand and not from the discard), since we have better cards for power up like Roy and Melony, considering the power factor of the discard and having additional effects
Although many veteran players find this card to be useless, it is a great part of the process of moving through decks and experience levels
On the flip side, plenty of horror stories exist of collectors purchasing booster packs or boxes that have been tampered with: Resealed packs with valuable cards are removed , or every card is replaced with a counterfeit version
Having this buddy sat on the board will give virtual card advantage by the bucket load, too, and will force opponents to spend removal to solve your failsafes
Then came the Sundering, and it split into five divergent Shards, each unaware of the rest