With themed decks, players can immerse themselves in the world of Pokmon while honing their skills
(one turn kill)
While not a particularly complex strategy, it was nonetheless effective, especially in a format where it was much more difficult to make such significant gains in card advantage with minimal setup
This soon changed, with further prints of the cards adding a shadow that made the image pop a little more, though nothing else changed about the visual design at that stage
Sonic Screwdriver, Psychic Paper, and Rogue's Passage are all ways to accomplish this so your game-enders like Rose Tyler can swing for lethal damage at your opponents
Songs tend to have especially powerful effects and, unlike normal actions, you can play them for free by having one of your characters exert to sing the Song instead