Dismember Technically a colorless spell in spirit, since the colored pips are all Phyrexian mana, Dismember does a few things right
Wait, was I skipped? You can play into Timesifter by stacking the top of your library with Sensei's Divining Top and other scry effects, or just loading the rest of your deck with high mana value creatures like Scornful Egotist (maybe playing well in the 99 of a Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow ninja deck)
Upheaval This board sweeper resets the entire game back to square one for only six mana, which would be problem enough and when you factor in all that mana you floated and are about to recast your mana rocks, its chances only get worse
Umbreon ex Special Illustration Rare (161/131) sits at roughly $1,054 on the secondary market, making it the most expensive card in modern Pokemon by a wide margin
Even if you're only running eight or nine Basic energy, after you place your prizes and draw your opening hand, your odds of getting a Basic energy through Max Elixir are pretty good
Shooting Star hits an EX card with considerable damage--50 plus 100--and will still hit regular Pokemon with the base 50
