...Damn it. Having so few Trainers in a Trainer Kit makes them a god-awful teaching tool. Trainers are arguably the most important cards in the game, and you should be learning how to use them. Sure, some things, like Stadiums or even Tools, don't need to be here, but a couple more Items wouldn't hurt, would they? Even like Town Map, Energy Retrieval, (Max) Revive or SWITCH. I guess a large number of Items use coin flips or shuffle the deck, which prevents their being included, but still. And realistically, they could include such cards anyway, and just put them in the post-guided duel portion of the deck. Worked for the HGSS Trainer Kit. (And probably others.)
Also, wow... Pikachu Libre would probably be the worst Pikachu card in the format even if its name were actually "Pikachu". OK, it's better than the Furious Fists one, but still, it's really bad, even for a beginner. At least Suicune's kinda usable for a beginner, even if they'll outgrow it quickly.
And darn, my farfetched hopes of there being a rotation that takes out Roaring Skies (yeah, I know that wasn't going to happen) are dead. Damn you, Manectric. (Roaring Skies being the most recent Manectric card, and likely the one in here.) I'd have been fine with a small format, especially with Generations being a thing. (And it would cut a lot of the speed cards, slowing down the format significantly, which it certainly needs at the moment.)
