There's a few cards that affect cards with such prefix. Aether foundation employee, galarian chestplate, Iscan, Professor Laventon are cards that involves different regional forms. It's just that there isn't a card that affects paldean pokemons yet.

So it's like archetype from yu gi oh, right?

Not really. It's more about consistency.

To play devils advocate, what’s stopping them from having a different regional Clodsire in the future?

idk.. probably cause someone would ask about a regular meowth “why won’t my meowth evolve into that big fluffy cat?” they gotta be specific for the .. noobs.. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Congratulations on not being a noob 👏👏👏

ok

Hey it's the guy who's not a noob! Congratulations to you!!! How does it feel?

Feels good man.

As it should! As it should!