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There are enough cards that you can't really break the symmetry of, like Tombstone Stairwell and Hypergenesis, that I don't think the deck is too unfair for most playgroups

The cloned, brooding Psychic legend has been a fan favorite since it first stalked onto the screen in Pokmon: The First Movie , and the Pokmon TCG has honored that mystique on dozens of cards since the very first English set landed in 1999

On top of that, though, effects that cheat creatures into play for cheap make it easier to abuse Rikus second triggered ability

Here are some cards that, to me, definitively fall under the Stax banner: Stasis Winter Orb Static Orb Rising Waters Storm Cauldron Smokestack Words of Wind Back to Basics Drannith Magistrate Decree of Silence The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale The cards above are all notorious for stopping a game from happening, either through not allowing lands to untap, making it prohibitive to play creatures (the formats defining way to play), or by stopping you from playing your Commander (which is the point of the format, whether you like it or not)