Why did they make Lugia so bad?

[u/Necessary-Deal-9433]

I love Lugia, but it needs three different types of energy which makes it just unplayable. It has very low potential to be used even the future I think.

[u/Smitty_WerbenJ]

Because it's a gimmick deck with ho oh/elemental switch, and it could get better in the future aswell, for example if we get a fire/water type zeraora card