If youre looking to keep creatures from dealing damage in combat, youre generally going to want to look at white or green effects
You can guarantee a legendary creature on board for Mox Amber, and a creature to sacrifice for Diabolic Intent, to give just a couple of examples
It has been amazing working on this with my friend Ken Goldin, who has changed Pokmon forever in such a great way. Designed by original Pikachu editor Atsuko Nishida, the card was a winner at the 1998 illustration contest in Japan, using distinct artwork including the iconic pen symbol, denoting artistic contribution
Its a token-making machine in the right decks, and can enable itself with a strong activated ability
For each die rolled this way, Tifa deals damage equal to the result to any target
By detaching two, you can shuffle a face-up card on the field into the deck