It only gets better the higher the cmc your returned cards are
Starmie, Gyarados, Blastoise, Articuno, and Palkia have all had genuinely viable EX versions, while Greninja is useful across several decks, and Vaporeon, Manaphy, and of course Misty have each been added to provide very strong, Water-specific support in different forms
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I think there's a place in EDH for slower, less powerful decks and if I ever wanted to speed this up, I'd definitely look to add some faster combo payoffs that can win the game on the spot
It's a fun format that I still adore to this day
Thunder Lance, on the other hand, deals a base damage of 50, and, for every electric energy that has been attached to Raikou, it deals a further 20 damage, all for the cost of 3-colorless energy cards