At least I think he should use Continuous Spell if he's going to put out a card of this level
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
This also leads me to the very first 1st edition Pokmon TCG cards: Japanese No Rarity Base Set: Unlike later print runs, the Japanese Base Set has no 1st edition symbol to indicate that its 1st edition
There are several Facebook groups dedicated solely to misprints, and they have card auctions daily
Incapsula incident ID: 329000750018385233-60802838418756305
Overall, Pidgeot ex might require an evolution line to access its powerful ability, but in a slower format, this is quite easy to set up throughout a game