Of course, these numbers are not absolute and will vary depending on your deck, so use what works for you
If a searchable trap that negates any effect that sets itself after use and does not have a HOPT clause isn't lucrative, I don't know what is
While you can technically include many different Pokmon types and over 25 Pokmon, this approach is generally not recommended
It costs just three mana to animate, an affordable rate in the creature lands world, and it also gets around a major downside of creature lands: the creature being killed in combat, thus losing you the land
It may not be super interesting to everyone, but its efficient and powerful
Though not confident in his actual play today, he definitely seems confident in the deck