Pokmon TCG can be pleasurable and exciting, but playing, buying heck, even absorbing Pokmon TCG from a distance is hardly passive anymore
I also like that the land it gets you comes in untapped so youre still technically only losing 2 mana instead of 3 for the turn if you pay full price for the card
How desirable are the cards
For example, if we had the main character choose Zenigame (Squirtle), then some of the kids would say, "Hey, I chose Hitokage (Charmander)," and that would lead to the kid saying, "Who needs this show!" Hatakeyama & Kubo (2000), p
You want to be running a good amount of Equipment, ideally pieces that come with or grant triggered abilities
Everybody plays board wipes in Commander, so everybody plays protectionwhich often gives their permanents indestructible, so Wrath of God cant touch them