I thought it was too complicated. Listening to an audio recording of their 1994 match recently, I was struck by how patient Garfield was with my chatterbox son, despite having flown in from Japan just a few hours earlier (hence his dazed countenance and, I guess, the tabi socks)
Golem functions as a classic glass cannon
Its the perfect depiction of how subjective the Pokemon TCG market can be
It can search out any dragon you need with its -3 ability, which keeps your hand stocked with threats, and its ultimate absolutely devastates the board by wiping out all non-dragon creatures
There are some moves that scale with damage taken, or just generally need more investment than users low HP totals would buy time to manage
It positively affects the user by switching out a damaged Active Spot Pokmon with any card from the Bench