pokemon cards v Might be a hot take (I don't know just getting back into tcg) but I think are just plain ugly. : r/PokemonTCG Mew V - Pokemon TCG

Birthing Podracer is a card for the ages

Guarded-o-rama by Card Talk Dave This deck was created because of an episode of Card Talk where Grant and Dave discuss ways to get Guarded Cards, namely Durins Axe into play

For each land destroyed this way, its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle

Rydia is a rummager on landfall which honestly is enough in a lot of builds

This can provide some limitations to how you play, but even with that, Umori comes with a 4/5, allows you to pick a card type at entry, and make any corresponding spells cost one less mana

Shopping for individual cards should help you save money compared to opening packs, but many sellers can gouge you on price