If an opponent were to try to remove one of your creatures you can respond instantly by sacrificing it, getting at least 1 mana out of losing your creature
Gale Gale is a companion in Baldurs Gate 3 known best for, well, being a Wizard
Tempo: Consistently attempts to win or establish strong control by turn 3-4
Ultra Ball and Earthen Vessel also allow you to discard Energy cards to use later, and Professor Turo's Scenario allows you to dump all the Energy attached to a Pokemon into the discard pile when you move that Pokemon to your hand, allowing you to reuse Archaludon ex's ability almost immediately
Black and white also both excel at recursion, so you can rebuy cheap utility enchantments like Hopeless Nightmare to get multiple triggers in the late game
Feel free to go further back to older sets for more fun cards you can play casually, but our recommendations will be from sets 4 to 8