Throw a few Boros Reckoners and Burning-Tree Emissaries in your deck to turn it on quickly
I covered a lot of the Collected Company versus Eldritch Evolution discussion in my earlier articles, but the core concepts are How good are bulkier creatures? and How much Grafdiggers Cage do I expect? The more Cages and the better four-cost threats are, the better Eldritch Evolution is
Against Gyarados, Machamp SF and other non Pok-Power/Pok-Body Pokmon, there is really not point
Every serious Pokemon card collection is measured, at least in part, by its proximity to this card
(When this Ability no longer works, discard your Benched Pokemon until there are 5 left.) [D][C] Dread End: 30x damage
For Akroma, we went back to her original card and tweaked it to be a little better as a commander