The Pokemon TCG has become significantly bigger and more complex since the original set of cards, which were recently reprinted, were released in 1996 so it may appear quite daunting for newcomers especially children
I feel like the term colloquial has been tossed around to describe a number of card categories
That is, they're presented as cards all their own rather than using the Godzilla cards method of having the Godzilla card be essentially an alternate skin, as shown below here: This was a sweet and elegant solution that could have easily been applied here - even if they were to cards that didn't already exist
You won't see the MTG shroud keyword on many Magic: The Gathering cards these days, but you should still know what it means
This mold has been revisited 19 more times giving us cards like Accorder Paladin, Daring Skyjek, and Raptor Companion, most of which I think have a good place in the deck, even if some fall more on the side of virtual vanilla