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And preventing one damage from a source an opponent controls only has an impact against cheap burn spells found in Aggro builds
Many powerful Fire-type Pokmon need to discard Fire energy to cast their attacks
Viashino Pyromancer fills the all important two-drop slot, gets in some incidental damage, and ups your Wizard count to reasonable levels
Causing creatures to die during the end step won't cause the ability to trigger
I had a Scyther/Electabuzz/Hitmonchan deck and a Blastoise deck which are two highly creative strategies, I know