The Absol is really crappy: 70HP and the psy resistance has gone!
CC Quick Attack for 10 or 20
DDC Feint Attack for 30
The Blaziken EX (I got one in the booster for going 6-0) is unfortunately as bad as feared:
150HP, weak to water and psychic, only 2 retreat
:fire: :colorless Blaze Kick 30+
Flip a coin, If heads this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage. It tails, this attack does 30 damage and the Defending Pokemon is now Burned.
:fire: :fire: :colorless :colorless Volcanic Ash
Discard 2 :fire: Energy attached to Blaziken ex and then choose 1 of your opponent's Pokemon. This attack does 100 damage to that to that Pokemon (Don't apply weakness and resistance for Benched Pokemon)
So they made it with a great first attack as well and with only 2 retreat as if the big attack wasn't trouble enough
Other comments from opening 42 packs: There are now always non-holo 5 commons so the holo or EX takes the spot of the regular rare like we were used to from Wizards. This was one way of adressing the problem that uncommons were rarer than rares.
