While the modes are a bit narrow, the flexibility you gain is worth it in most cases
In a lot of other situations you have to be very careful with what you clamp, shaving off just one creature every couple of turns so as not to lose momentum
The Minstrels Ballad At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control five or more Towns, create a 2/2 Elemental creature token thats all colors
The new cards from the Scarlet & Violet era only make this archetype better: Miraidon ex, even as a 1-of, increases the decks consistency (get Vikavolt V and Tapu Koko Prism Star for the price of only one Quick Ball!), and its a solid attacker to hit other big Basic Pokmon on turn 1
But it feels like Im being forced to do something stupid, and some of the cards seem to have a lot of complexity whose sole purpose is to hammer us with how flavorful they are