If you're worried about a board wipe like Ritual of Soot, Tend the Pests only gives you 1/1s, but A: that's more than enough damage to kill every player at the table many times over, and B: They gain you life when they die
A skilled player needs to pick and choose what to disrupt in order to put opponents off their game plan for a while, all the while protecting an often singular key threat
Ability: Dazzling Gaze As long as this Pokmon is in the Active Spot, attacks used by your opponents Active Pokmon cost [C] more
51/130 Magmar
In the previous set, disturb creatures came back as creatures with flying
Monster Train takes a similar approach, giving players more control over a subset of units, abilities, and items, rather than one hero-like character