On top of a winning condition revolving "Knock-outs," mechanics are also based on Pokemon concepts in the video games: Evolution, Energy Cards for casting (Pokemon Types), buffing Pokemon (Tools and Supporters), and altering the state of play (Stadium, Trainer Cards)
The mini Trumpet Blast is good too, it just isn't a reason to play this
Best Soldier Commander Payoffs If you run a commander with a powerful deck build thats only incidentally a soldier, OK, but if you want to rock with the soldiers themselves, heres a list of my favorite must-include cards for a soldier deck
This combination introduces a powerful selection of fire and fighting
If the creature that died had -1/-1 counters on it when it died, Host of the Hereafter's ability will put those on the target creature as well
Add one mana of that color to your mana pool for each charge counter on Astral Cornucopia.) You can abuse this if you cast it for X=1 and add counters to it through some other means