A third turn +1 card flow ability, combined with a first-turn Sensei's Divining Top or Guile, can be pretty good in decks with high creature and/or planeswalker counts
Many collectors use Japanese cards in casual settings specifically because of the superior art and print quality
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Fire Lord Zuko, for example, is a red-white-black creature with firebending that adds red mana whenever he attacks, and the ability to place +1/+1 counters on each creature you control when you cast a spell from exile, or whenever a permanent you control enters from exile (which is wonderfully thematic)
It also helps thin out the deck since there will be one less Basic Pokmon in the deck after use
The reward systems are generous if you know how to maximize them