It's also worth pointing out that you're always guaranteed to draw at least one basic Pokmon in your first hand, so the more non-Pokmon cards you include, the more likely you are to draw the monster you need to start on a strong footing
Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained Secret Lair x Iron Maiden: Eddie Unchained Bruvac the Grandiloquent (45k decks, plus 6300 as Commander, RVR Borderless foil $47) Windfall (421k decks, SLD foil $13) Captain Ngathrod (12k decks, plus 14k as Commander, CLB FEA $70) Nekusar, the Mindrazer (7600 decks, plus 14k as Commander, SLD $50) Iron Maiden (9000 decks, no special version) $9 Mindcrank (110k decks, no special version) $11 I had no idea that the Captain was so popular, but this is a cool theme to build around
Conversely, swapping the deck format to Explorer will expand the list of format-legal sets to include all Explorer-legal sets, plus Explorer Anthologies
Knights of San d'Oria / Ranger-Captain of Eos (FCA) $25 Here's a 1-drop's best friend: Ranger-Captain of Eos, reimagined as Final Fantasy s Knights of San d'Oria
