Each player then draws a seven-card hand and puts down a Basic Pokmon card face down as their 'active.' If a player doesn't draw a Basic Pokmon in their initial hand, they just reshuffle and draw another seven cards until it happens
This wide availability means that even rare English cards can often be found for sale in many places, and completing English sets or finding specific singles is relatively convenient
What's more, it happens to be capable of blanking smaller creatures (and any card that would cause your opponent to search his or her library, for that matter)
Rather than adding new mechanics, each dragon now applies an existing mechanic to your instants or sorceries
It's the same 200-odd cards that everyone else can access and, more importantly, only one or two of the rare ones are required for you to build a highly competitive deck around - after less than a week of checking in daily, I had enough for at least one, and probably with a bit of targeted play two or three, of the main competitive decks already