8 - Articuno (Illustration Rare - 161/159) Articuno , a Kanto Pokmon, has been a fan-favorite for a long time because of how nostalgic it is
Not only does Gaddok Teeg do a great job protecting your own creatures from wrath, but it also locks out several different combo finishers such as Tendrils of Agony and other storm payoffs
Trick or Treat Trick or Treat Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose (185k decks, FEA $22) Satoru Umezawa (20k as card, plus 12k as Commander, Borderless foil $3) Voja, Jaws of the Conclave (3,000 decks, plus 18,000 as Commander, no special version) Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (30k decks, plus 20k as Commander, SLD Retro $95) Liberator, Urzas Battlethopter (89k, plus 2k as Commander, FEA $5) Wilhelt and Vito are known and very good, plus we get a premium Voja, who wasnt in the main set
Plus, heres a sneaky bonus: the Web-slinging cost requires you to return a tapped creature as an additional cost
Sleepys downside of entering exerted is negligible when you play him on turn two, while his extra point of lore and Seven Dwarfs status comes up frequently
Airbending Appa, Steadfast Guardian offers you plenty of opportunity for enters and leaves the battlefield triggers
