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While other cards might be more specific on what you can put back in your hand, Max Rod can put any Pokemon or Energy card right into your hand from the discard pile

Sanguine Bond combos turn lifegain into wins, often with infinite pings, but huge chunks of life work too

The reasons behind this are far beyond the scope of this article, but for now, lets say that good things happen when you have banished 10 cards to this ominous Lost Zone

Empress Galina gives you a way around that by stealing those troublesome permanents

You can also separate your high-value cards from your playable decks

When you couple that with some auto equip goodness, a 4/4 reach for four mana is really good deal