Mega Evolutions are returning across the Pokmon franchise, but even though the mechanic will be abundantly present in the new TCG set, there will be a lot of regular cards in the set, as well as Secret Rare variations, one of which has been revealed and will certainly draw pulls from boosters from avid collectors
Unless the original Scute Swarm gets destroyed, once the tokens start getting made, short of a board wipe, you won't lose access to Scute Swarm
2023-10-13 If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord
Pokemon Card Strategy: So as far as strategy goes, since Hypno is a stage 1 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Drowzee into play (I reviewed Drowzee from this set yesterday) and then evolve Drowzee into Hypno
So if you can find a way to get in combat damage with your 2/2 (certainly not a given), you are only one spell away from the transformation
Being an artifact that will remain in a graveyard you can Tinker it, Reanimate it or Welder it into play