They are beautiful cards but the hit of the game is still the Alternate Art Charizard V
With a small number of cards, a ridiculously high novel level can be achieved using level lifter on two monsters of the same type with less than 1000 ATK/DEF, discarding a high-level monster (at best, level 12 like "Yubel the Ultimate Nightmare" for example) thus making them both level 12
In other formats, paying some amount of life as an additional cost can be quite the drawback, Death's ShadowDeath's Shadow aside, but in EDH we have access to a lot of ways to turn this into an added benefit
Pokemon Card Strategy: As far as strategy goes, I really like Shiftry's Poke-Body it can really affect your opponent's play if they base a lot of their moves off of coin flips, if your opponent has a deck like this I would Shiftry into play as soon as possible
Scry 3 is a little better than draw a card, then discard a card
Card Number: #103/086 Rarity: Illustration Rare 9