Man I actually love those it's so amusing
Yeah I just feel like the ease of access with the NP pins make up for everything else(especially good if you don't experiment a lot), tho have to agree that sheep heavenly is pretty bad aside from barrier and squeeze(only good for hoards tho) the rest grow redundant quick(some grow redundant very quick looking at it's teleport next to Mus Rattus's that you get from the same blue noise), Hip Snake I think the vision they had for their effects just didn't work out
Idk how it was in original, but playing Final Remix I find Natural Puppy(at least it's pins haven't paid attention to its threads) very good actually sure I am still on week 2 day 5, but half my deck is Natural puppy, and whilst Tether is one of them I wouldn't say it's the best one, aside from in the first week, the projectiles can be pretty nice especially if you have a squeeze pin(which tbh is pretty good for non bosses)