geeta pokemon card - 218/197 - Obsidian Flames - Ultra Rare Listed With Mascot. Pokemon Geeta 188/197 Trainer Holo

While you often use it for card draw, the board control or pressure is a nice option to have

Comparing every new card to the literal best and most expensive format staples isn't fair

Thatll give you at least three cards from your opponent's deck to work with, and let you cast those cards from exile for the entirety of the game

When synthesizing this list, I was looking at cards that are asymmetrical in their effect, hard to interact with, or have little ways to remove or stop them

Granted, you get a creature token on top, but assuming an average top five reveal, thatll be a 2/2 or a 3/3, and Im not entirely sure thats worth the extra mana cost