(The exact restrictions are more specific, but thats the general idea.) Other formats, such as Modern and Legacy, dont rotate at all, meaning the pool of cards that you can choose from grows with each new set release
Choose your moment to evolve a Pokmon carefully, as this will also remove any status conditions, and also use Bosss Orders, or similar Trainer cards, to stop your opponents active Pokmon from trapping you in a loop of, say, paralysis, which can be difficult to escape from
Im not wild about Patch Up, but when you have two Lagrella, the Magpie youre happy to run Patches as defacto third and fourth copies of the legend
Tatyova, Benthic Druid Tatyova, Benthic Druid is one of the best landfall cards because card draw is fantastic, especially alongside ramp spells like Three Visits and Explosive Vegetation