In the Pocket format, the pairing works because Greninja offers flexible pressure while Mega Absol ex introduces disruption that can slow opposing plans without committing fully to control
Ishihara's disappearance After you trade Ishihara all the cards she will disappear
the blue spells are the most likely to come good, especially Boon of the Wish-Giver, as the archetypes sole way to rebuild a hand in long games
If this hand had a Faithless Looting instead of one of the mana sources or a reanimation spell, I would keep it, especially as you can turn one Faithless Looting and flash it back on turn two off Lotus Petal if you dont find what you need
However, with the recent release of Two Legends [OP-08], thats changingthe Red Zoro deck has now made a comeback
After all, theres too many different sets out there now to be lazily lumped together