The other massive issue for the card is that Falkenrath Aristocrat is just better
As alternatives, you can include Fezandipiti ex (Shrouded Fable #38), two copies of Dudunsparce (Prismatic Evolutions #80), and two copies of Surfer (Surging Sparks #187) in your deck
Its flashier and more aggressive than Rising Rivals , with power cards like Garchomp C LV.X and Blaziken FB
Wizards of the Coast has recently changed its approach to updating the banlist and is creating a more flexible approach to updating it, stating that "Future banned and restricted announcements will occur two to five weeks after each set's release." This does depend on which formatting you are playing though, so it's still worth getting familiar with the banlist update cycles and the latest releases
"Pokmon Chronicles The Complete Collection (4Kids Entertainment English dub)", Internet Archive
The original DFCs in Innistrad block would in some cases transform back and forth, and that gets annoying pretty quickly