Eventually, after he bricked for a turn and had to discard some valuable cards with Felicity's Drawing to keep playing, I was able to take enough of a Prize lead to make attacking into Fainting Spell a lose condition that he did not want to take
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Its no secret the midrange decks are hard to play across TCGs, and not as recommended for beginners as something like an aggro deck
What I then came to realise however is that a lot of the permanents that give a one off big shot of cards or an ongoing supply of them and cannot easily be disrupted by removal either
Tapu Koko ex Tapu Koko ex is essentially a drop-in replacement for Genetic Apexs Pikachu ex, capable of setting itself up to deal 90 damage by your second turn
7 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar Draw On The Power Of Shar While her Choose a Background text is literally useless outside of the command zone, Shadowhearts other ability is an absolute slam-dunk in a Minthara deck