It's Better to Lose A VSTAR Than A VMAX By far the biggest weakness of VMAX Pokemon is how costly it is when they finally go down for the count
There seem like enough lands matter Elementals to head that direction, starting with Living Tsumani and moving into Avenger of Zendikar
You have to split your attention across equipment, auras, and counters all at once, but you can prioritize equipment that grants counters, like Bone Sabres and Ring of Kalonia
For most effects, we've been able to remove or replace them with other non-shuffling effects
I just think it's odd there's not a bunch of like "Peter Parker, Student" cards that cost 1 mana and then you draw and discard, or they tap to draw and discard a card, something like that, that you want to pop back into your hand
Playing both Pok Ball and Professor's Research cards before using Shoegaze is ideal