pokemon charmeleon card POKÉMON GAME sv3 013/108 U Pokémon Hit Points80 HP Form Pokemon Card “Charmeleon” sv2a 005/165

3 mana and 3 life for 3 cards is just a great rate, and the caveat of requiring 3 colors of mana was easy to fulfill between Battle lands and fetchlands

Quick Balls success rate is significantly better if you play a very low amount of Pokmon, and becomes comparable or even higher than Pok Balls in certain decks, but for the average Stage 2 or SP based deck, Pok Ball offers the best chance for you to get the Pokmon you need, exactly when you need it

I think the most notable example of this is the four Sea Monster creature types that were first referenced on Quest for Ulas Temple Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, and Serpent

It's worth the life loss, especially in Commander, and it doesn't exile after use for recursion