what is bro waffling about
the first beldum you can ever obtain...is stevens. he gives you one in ruby and sapphire. it's literally his signature partner.
this is like saying "red's pikachu?? why not just give us Ramon's bulbasaur"
it feels laughable, in hindsight at least (because this was written before the laic), to say the meta is open when regidrago was half of the top 8, 75% of the top 4, and all of the finals.
other decks aren't BAD, which is great! but they can scarcely compete. regidrago is just oppressive and...
it looks interesting, but it depends what the japan meta looks like at the moment. is it full of abilities that need to be shut down?
charizard is slowed down but with magma basin and only needing two energy, it's more a hindrance for pidgeot (which is still a good thing to shut down), and...
because most decks don't play pidgeotto, they play rare candy. meaning they have both an easy target, and have to spend ANOTHER rare candy to evolve it (and they can't even search it out with quick search)
gastrodon is gonna be the bane of the pidgeot engine. quick search is worth bringing it up, but without a switch item you're not getting much out of it.