A 3/3 with flying and first strike for three mana, Vadrok notably has access to a mutate cost of four mana
Checks and Balances is yet another counterspell effect, but it's only in a game with three or more players and more than one player must basically agree to counterspell the third player's spell or whatnot
That planewalker ultimate ability you had in your back pocket
While I doubt this Pokemon will get massively popular in the meta, I think it will make for an excellent antimeta deck, punishing powerful decks that love to bench weak Pokemon like Charizard ex or Dragapult ex, while offering a decent trade into two prize decks like Raging Bolt ex
The main difference in the printing is that the errata text is fixed
The cards are illustrated and named for these source elements, and the card's game function may relate to the subject