This is less odd for Garchomp than for, say, Charizard who appeared as a Dark Type Pokemon in Obsidian Flames, rather than its usual Fire Type
Being able to see your top card in a self-mill deck is inherently valuable, as is having the extra "card in hand" when the top card happens to be a land
You could choose all of yours to heal, and all of their Illusion characters to heal them then immediately theyre banished
With the Holofoil Rare cards are extra levels of rarity
The second nod in favor of playing 15 or less lands is the aforementioned BO1 algorithm which I touched on briefly in the 16-land decks bit
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