blitzle pokemon card POKÉMON GAME S6K 022/070 U 20 Retreat Cost Blitzle 050 SWSH06 Chilling Reign

The main draw, however, is the special 12-card Chocobo Booster included in every bundle

The Esper Deck is a pet brew of LS (of League of Legends fame)

Here, the 'cleanest' line of argument for plague themed cards being banned is: "MtG has plague themed cards, there is a current pandemic whihc is bigger than any other recent pandemic, I know somebody who died becuase of the pandemic, I'm angry at any reminder about the pandemic, ergo, I am angry at WotC for having cards which remind me of this." This is very clearly a stretch, as the same argument could be that the game in general depicts death and somebody might be upset about the death of a loved one (from a COVID unrelated issue)

Not only is it in the title, but its also listed as the creatures type, suggesting that it would react to effects that select Kindred/Typal from available options