base set pokemon cards unopened Courtyard | Got our hands on a sealed 1999 Pokémon Booster Box. What should we do with it? 👀 released in 1999 BOX FRESH - 1999 Pokemon

If you gain some life, you get energy, and you can use that energy to pay into the X part f the cost instead of mana

Day of the Dragons is pricey in terms of casting cost, but does triple duty here: it almost always upgrades the stats of your creatures, it protects your team from a board wipe, and you can bounce it with something like Blink of an Eye to flash your team back in and trigger their abilities at instant speed

On the other hand, if they're removed from combat without leaving the battlefield, use their current information to determine that they're not attacking you or a planeswalker you control anymore

While Gyarados EXs Rampaging Whirlpool discarded a random Energy from any of the Pokmon on your or your opponents playing field, Mega Gyarados EX discards the top 3 cards from your opponents deck