box of pokemon card packs Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet 8.5 Prismatic Evolutions Booster Pack (Ships Assorted) and Meowth ex Pokemon Mega Evolutions Perfect Order

The cards show the Pokmon with images of them in their natural environments with fun information on each of their unique personalities and habits

This can make it quite the value engine, and creates the aforementioned soft lock with Chittering Rats

Anax and Cymede Anax and Cymedes trigger gives you temporary creature buffing instead of counters

Gem Mint and Pristine examples of 1990s MTG cards are hard to come by, drawing the hobbys attention when one is posted online for sale

You get to use Primeape to dish out plenty of damage while building Machamp, and given that they're both capable of dealing 100+ damage, they're solid competition for most meta decks if you can get the cards you need fast enough

In addition to all these strategies, the deck rocks a strong creature package to close out games