(The Discard Pile is where knocked-out Pokemon, any Energy that was attached to them when they were knocked out, and all used Trainer/Supporter cards are piled up.) This rule helps prevent people from stalling into eternity and offers a potential downside to trying to stuff one's hand with dozens of cards at once
Source: Price Charting (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), PSA The Pokmon Trading Card Game is a strategic card game where players build decks of Pokmon, Trainer, and Energy cards
As one of, if not the, most iconic Magic: The Gathering card, it was a pleasure to help both buyer and seller with this piece of MTG history
It's a great tradeoff to transform an opponents best creature, hopefully their commander, into a minor threat