This means I am a lot less unhappy about losing this guy than I would be about losing something like a Baneslayer which earned its place in the deck as a pure threat and not a dual purpose card
Switch has always been an important part of the Pokmon TCG metagame going all the way back to Gen 1
A game against a control deck can take a long time to play, and the play itself isnt very interesting
Haru Akasaka Annihilape 039/081 Abyss Eye Ferrothorn 061/083 Ninja Spinner Impidimp 343/742 Start Deck 100 Battle Collection Archen 392/742 Start Deck 100 Battle Collection Archeops 393/742 Start Deck 100 Battle Collection Dhelmise 009/063 Mega Symphonia Archen 047/086 White Flare Archen 047/086 White Flare Archeops 048/086 White Flare Archeops 048/086 White Flare Cofagrigus 120/086 White Flare Impidimp 056/175 Start Deck Generations Slugma 017/071 Cyber Judge Oricorio 029/190 Shiny Treasure ex Dottler 004/066 Future Flash Gloom 002/108 Ruler of the Black Flame Houndoom 072/108 Ruler of the Black Flame Chandelure 017/139 ex Start Decks Masquerain 002/071 Snow Hazard Larvitar 036/071 Clay Burst Oricorio 016/073 Triplet Beat Florges 044/078 Violet ex Muk 052/078 Scarlet ex Zamazenta V 232/172 VSTAR Universe

Flogos trades a monster the opponent controls for another, stronger monster from their GY, while Zohah lets your opponent draw a card in exchange for letting you search an Ogdoadic monster before making both players send a card from their hand to the GY, and Keurse and Aleirtt both let your opponent get monsters back if they Special Summon themselves
Thinking back on it now, I shudder at how many Force of Wills I must have had, but thats neither here nor there