Now that you know how to play, its finally time to start looking through your cards, build a deck with your favourite Pokmon, and start playing some games
I've read them since my youth, with only a few years respite when I first took my job at Wizards
But those points of difference can be advantageous when used correctly
Its not the baddest beater in the world, but it will demand at least 7 life from opponents to remove, and is a boon to keyword soup decks (which usually feature Odric, Lunarch Marshal or Bloodric)
You could sacrifice a creature an opponent owns if you gain control over it, but this is also a relatively rare occurrence
Moving on to the maindeck