Currently, there are five Special Conditions that can be applied to an affected Pokemon and can make a drastic difference in your strategy whether you are the aggressor or victim
I decided to go with the fire deck this time, as it seemed to be the one that could do the most damage, seeing as how I won that one prerelease tournament with the power of the Flareon in the deck
Like anything else we discuss, playing with or for two-for-ones is just a tool
If not, you can always play it at the end of their turn and beat down
Illuminor SzerasIlluminor Szeras sacrifices creatures to make mana, which can help you get to some of the awesome high cost cards in the deck a bit sooner, but may stumble if you can't find card advantage to make up for the things you're sacrificing and ramping out
If you are not super comfortable with that just yet, you will want to identify what exactly your decks goal is before you begin building