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I really don't know why they reprinted Elementalist with less spells
I thought the point of them reprinting it was to expand it
While the given spell list is smaller, the intention is to be larger. See the text here:
(https://2e.aonprd.com/Archetypes.aspx?ID=207)In addition to some universal spells that both philosophies have access to, your personal list also contains any spell that shares one or more traits with those in your elemental philosophy, and doesn't have any traits that aren't in your elemental philosophy. For example, an elemental cycle elementalist could choose a spell with both the earth and fire traits, but not one with the air and fire traits, while an inner sea elementalist could choose either of those, but not a spell with metal and fire traits.
As Rage of Elements is the first book to include the wood and metal traits, your GM might allow you to add more spells from other books that fit the metal or wood element but first appeared without the trait, adding the relevant trait to the spell.
So the intention is to have the Elementalist spell list contain every spell with the relevant traits, so long as they don't have elemental traits not in your cycle.