Take that as a testament to how overwhelmingly powerful this kind of gameplay can be
"At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch." (8/23/2016) Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch
2, offering players an opportunity to acquire Venusaur, Greninja, Onix, Haunter, and Jigglypuff
Defender is an evergreen keyword, meaning that the mechanic appears very frequently in new releases
It can be hard to figure this stuff out in advance, but I wouldnt be surprised if Core Set 2019 s tri-color Dragons get a little easier to play thanks to the move back towards multicolored matters with Guilds of Ravnica
The star attractions are the three 60-card decks built around the original partner Pokemon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise