As a Stage Two card, it can be evolved directly from Squirtle using a Rare Candy or from a Wartortle card
In a more open environment, youre not guaranteed that to be the case, although Ill say in each of the last dozen or so games Ive played, Thief of Blood would have paid some dividends (save for the life loss might have been too high)
Drafting a card from a spellbook is actually really easy
Spells Lightning Bolt, Lava Spike, Rift Bolt These are essentially the same spell and form the core of the deck, which has lead to it being nicknamed the Lava Spike deck or the Lightning Bolt deck in the past
All these details can be easily accessed by scanning the QR code at the top of the card's casing
(If an effect's activation was negated, it still counts toward the total for that turn