That being said, this particular Venusaur ex doesnt look particularly overpowered, needing four grass energy to deal just 240 damage
However, it does have a separate banned list from Standard
Often, the correct choice will be to take the full trample damage, rather than take the nearly-full trample damage and lose a creature
The effect itself when it hits is not bad, but there are cards with effects similar to Trap, and it is not always possible to use the target effect at that time, so it is not possible to use it properly from the beginning
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos goads and forces the durdlers and control players to attack, even if you have to donate the attacker
These are powerful cards that function as build-arounds, from the basic workings of devotion to the ways they interact in the game in very specific ways that reward certain deckbuilding choices