A Knocked Out Pokmon is sent to the discard pile, along with any cards attached to it (Energy, certain Trainer cards), as well as any prior evolutions it had
Ive loved the up and down nature of matches that allow great comebacks, which I think is less possible in other TCGs like Star Wars Unlimited or Pokemon TCG
The population report tells an important story here: PSA 7s are the most common grade for this card, suggesting that's the "typical" condition for surviving copies
It would have happened eventually anyway, because Mark is the one sneaking Squirrels into Magic (something I didn't know when I wrote my audition
It comes down with 5 total power, and for a little more mana disperses +1/+1 counters to your board, plus it can straight up destroy a thing after it's activated transform ability to get to Bahamut, Warden of Light