These are combined with a number of removal spells to deal with your opponent's largest threats (Banishing Light, Sonar Strike, Hazel's Nocturn), as well as SInister Monolith to help trigger the life gain/loss abilities
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Bots in 'Pokmon TCG' Competition According to ComicBook Gaming, the competition structure pits AI agents against each other rather than directly against human players during the evaluation phase
Thirst for Knowledge: At least some of the time, you will be able to draw three cards with Thirst for Knowledge and discard an ther Vial or Grafdigger's Cage, netting you that extra card
There was a very brief adjustment period right after the bannings where some of the soon-to-be-rotated out cards temporarily increased in popularity again
The main difference here is that you can buff the tokens with life