Fair points, but you've only examined a few before suggesting that the battle system would have to be completely revamped🌱. A lighter touch suggestion I heard about that made a lot of sense was to give both players summoning sickness - ie neither can attack on the first turn. Thus first player gets round one draw and attacks first on the thiꦐrd turn while second player gets energy and summon advantage. It would give both players time to react to their opponent (and help prevent either from getting unwittingly Misty'd out of existence). It's not a perfect solution, but I think would help balance things out from where they are currently in which second player has all the important advantages