If you think about it, youre most likely playing in a pod with 4 players which means 3 opponents which means a 3 mana reduction
Hopefully you can use this and waste a good 8-10 manas worth of creatures that will take too long for your opponent to replay
Playing black gives us access to discard spells such as Duress and Transgress the Mind, and Thought-Knot Seer doubles as both a creature and a discard spell
The Pokmon TCG originally launched in Japan in 1996, before making it's worldwide debut three years later with the iconic Base Set in North America
There is no doubt those cards are extremely powerful but I feel like passed turn 1 Id rather have a less powerful effect like [[Opt]] but to be abble to keep an opened mana for the large amount of [[symbol:1]] mana instant tricks I run in the list ([[Blossoming Defense]], [[Force Spike]], [[Spell Pierce]], [[Spell Snare]])
The power level is incredibly high, but mostly through synergy rather than sheer stats and abilities