You put in the work, and your opponent loses
Because of this, adding Item and Supporter cards like X Speed, purchasable from the Shop and Leaf, from the Mythical Island expansion, can help you manage your active Pokmon
Trouble on the horizon This is where the trouble begin
Also, once again, in 1v1 gameplay, you yourself will be one of the 2 players, meaning your equipment, controlled and owned by you, will fall off the creature because it can't be targeted or equipped by your stuff as soon as it has protection from you, making it quite the useless sword
Losing control of Locke after the last ability has triggered won't affect your ability to cast a spell from among the milled cards
Thief of Sanity Thief of Sanity saw lots of play when it was Standard-legal, either as a main deck inclusion or out of sideboards