full art squirtle pokemon card Common Retreat cost Squirtle Illustration Rare NM 170/165

To get the backside of a battle, we need to defeat it by removing all of its defense counters, but some battles are easier to defeat than others

The subtle blue and red tints interspersed throughout are excellent additions too, helping to differentiate the two halves of the pieces and tie in with the cards colour identity

Some of that is just good fortune in how all these effects are worded, but Id say its more that discarding is an inherently effective way to interface with Magic s core mechanics

Then the cards that were set aside are discarded at once

While they look cute and funny, Cactuar have very high evasiveness and can be tough to beat, though they reward a handsome amount of gil once having done so

This is definitely a deck to watch