Spellbook is incredibly useful and isnt restricted by color identity
There's two builds to the Pikachu ex deck that are especially effective at time of writing: Pikachu ex / Zapdos ex (Focused damage build) Pikachu ex / Zebstrika (Control build) Pikachu ex / Lt Surge (Energy build) We'll go through them all individually, but here's the essential upshot as to why Pikachu ex decks in any form rank highly in the Pokemon TCG Pocket best decks: Pikachu ex's attack is pretty overpowered
While I'm far from a Legacy expert, Isolate might be even better in the older format, since Deathrite Shaman shows up in nearly 50% of decks
Rakdos, the Showstopper bridges the very small gap between coin flip and chaos strategies, inviting you to integrate some coin flip cards and support in a color pair that tends to prefer full chaos decks
As the game progresses, Kraum forces interaction while maintaining forward momentum, even without a traditional mana ability in MTG tied to acceleration
It may seem initially that this might make the card less creepy, because its not real, right