Unsurprisingly, when they were introduced into the game they worked perfectly with Performapals
Parents order them for kids obsessed with Pokmon who also want to see their pet or themselves on a card
I have a pet theory, but basically back when Wizards was working on designing this release, I feel like there might have been a last minute issue with getting the original background designs from Japansuch as they had certain card elements baked in which didnt give Wizards any flexability to design cardsand so instead of waiting for updated card graphics to be sent from Japan (afterall, this was in the early years of the internet when speeds werent so hot), Wizards graphic designers simply used what they had and copied-and-pasted the clean card elements over the baked in elements its a bit messy, but honestly NO ONE noticed it for over two decades, so clearly it did the job it needed to do
Unlike Kirlia, Drakloak does not need to discard a card to use its ability, but it only allows players to choose one of the top two cards of their deck and add it to their hand
Then if you attack again, you end up with 12