It has an ability that allows you to keep searching your deck for Water Energy cards (up to 2 per turn, if Chien-Pao ex is in the Active Spot) and an attack that takes advantage of lots of Water being discarded, from any of your Pokemon
[2] Your opponent's monsters must attack this card, if able
And it didnt just begin and end at the griddle
Compare this to Azusa, Lost But Seeking - a green card with the same mana value that allows you to play two extra lands per turn with no catch - and you can see how different the red version of this ability is
The 2007 set Diamond & Pearl: Mysterious Treasures featured an Abra with a move that let players search their deck for an Alakazam card to evolve into
On the play I like to keep all 12 cantrips, despite 4 Spirit of the Labyrinth, since you want the maximum amount of looks on turn 1 to find your most robust card in Omniscience