You also get counters on all of your existing creatures, which can be a big swing
Cards which have Surfaced Note: In June 2021 I decided to stop counting individual cards as it was becoming very difficult to determine whether Id already seen a card before, but for the sake of this article Ill leave below what I was aware of prior to then as a relic
On top of this it costs life and kills your normal draw putting you on somewhat of a self imposed clock
Then, for three energy you can deal an impressive 150 damage with Venusaurs Dangerous Toxwhip attack to your opponents active Pokemon, leaving them poisoned and confused afterward, finishing them off with poison damage between turns and making it more difficult for them to attack you back
In this deck, I dont think thats an issue, because I think youll always have plenty of targets in your graveyard once you have enough mana to make it powerful, so I like Raise the Alarm here even though I didnt use it in other places