Ward 3 is basically mandatory on a card like this, though even Go for the Throat at 5 mana still makes this trade down miserably
In a "Torchic and the egg" situation, it's hard to pin down what came first, the rise in popularity of Pokmon TCG itself or that of the streamers who tapped into the trend
Guardian Project, Garruks Uprising, and Setessan Champion are all solid too
As usual, the biggest of these spikes are typically found on decades-old cards that havent seen play in ages
Clockwork Dragon ( F, C ) - A 6/6 for 6 is nice, and is a mana sink that takes colorless mana (for infinite colorless mana), and is an artifact if the deck has specific tutors for those
And, of course, once you do pull an opponent's creature from the graveyard with it, you've got a few ways to destroy said creature and win the game