Its been like that ever since the Base Set days, where Machop and Hitmonchan hit for 20 damage for a single F Energy, and from what Im seeing, it hasnt changed
To level the playing field a bit, companion cards each come with deck-building restrictions that limit the types of cards you can include in your deck
Maybe youre looking for the latest Charizard Pokmon card to add to your collection, or you need to update your tournament-legal deck with the best new meta cards
The only other one mana card quality spell that is instant is the highly contested Brainstorm, Opt is meek by comparison but nevertheless effective
The second part of the title that says "to a New World" refers to the new region that the games and TV series take place in, the Johto Region
This would be good even if it could never transform, and transforming it is actually very doable, since it spits out Wizard tokens and is a Wizard itself