pokémon trading card game: stacking tin- paradox Pokemon Tin 2024 the piercing horns of Xerneas ex Scarlet & Violet 2025 Paradox

This is cool, but it does feel a bit unwieldly

The first was that if you indeed managed to kill off the entire board of creatures, Pestilence would fittingly sacrifice itself, so you either: a) needed to accept it as a one-turn board wipe, b) needed to accept it itd be able to kill small and medium-sized creatures but leave your opponents biggest creatures alive, c) have a large enough creature to survive your own damage, or d) have enough mana to play a creature afterwards and hope it survives the round

In fact, it does an incredible job protecting the crown since you end up with at least four creatures: Faramir, whatever triggered it, and two tokens

Cards of this type keep other characters from being challenged, stepping out in front to shield them