A great card for Gaia Axis Chao Sol and Crimson Eye Axis Lord of the Red The effect in the first half and the effect in the second half are also interlocking, so he can use GY as a ritual while preventing the opponent's attack
Now, this may seem like a bad thing, but here's where things get better - if your band is blocked, you (the attacking player) gets to choose how the blocking creature assigns damage to the creatures in your band - and you can assign damage however you want among the creatures in the band
Example Pikachu - from my personal Pikachu collection EX Crystal Guardians : Same as EX Delta Species EX Dragon Frontiers : Same as EX Delta Species EX Power Keepers : Same as EX Holon Phantoms
Time Warp effects have always been particularly powerful, and handing over two small evasive creatures also let Epiphany just end the game after casting them in multiples
So if you get Kingdra onto your bench right away it can wreak havoc on your opponent's benched Pokemon, especially their basic Pokemon
While the Pop Series 5 English variant is also rare and expensive, the Japanese promo Espeon is in a league all its own