Riptide deals ten damage, plus an additional 10 damage multiplied by the number of water energy in your discard pile, so the synergy is strong, though all those energies do have to go back into your deck after using the attack
A lot of your most impactful cards are going to be in the 3, 4, and even 5 or more cost range, so you'll be laying a lot of hopes on individual characters here (as opposed to building up a wall of characters as in the Amber and Amethyst deck)
Clear the tutorial session to get a set of 3 cards: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly with the Beginners Session mark to set off on your Pokmon Trading Card Game journey
Comments : This is the shiny-form of Greninja
Hardened Academic I wouldnt be so high on Hardened Academic if Wizards stopped printing red discard synergies, but they just wont