pokemon gen 1 card prices Lot 40: 1st Cards (Base, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket) - Common & Uncommon Retreat Cost Pokemon Cards - First GEN

While there aren't a ton of sacrifice payoffs available at lower rarities, the high rarity has cards like Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER and Zodiark, Umbral God as fantastic top-ends

Mirran Crusader backed up with good soulbond abilities is a nice threat, especially with flying or lifelink

If an object enters the battlefield as a copy of Catch of the Day, it copies the values chosen previously for Catch of the Day's enters-the-battlefield replacement effect

While not strictly necessary or anything, if you have the room and the budget, you can do way worse than having these in the deck

There have been nearly 400 Birds printed throughout Magics history, some of which are quite strong

I think using this card to focus a deck around some powerful newer legendary enchantments is a fascinating proposition