It helps that Gardevoir ex is, well, a Gardevoir: a Pokmon that seems to be heavily favored among the games designers
So, in this case, if a player has less than 13 creatures, they sacrifice as many as they can
Then after sideboarding, cards like Duress can help clear the way for Baneslayer to come down and dominate
Often in elf decks you have 5 guys to their 2 but don't want to attack as you will deal like 3 or 4 damage and put two of your elves in the bin while they keep both their dorks
Best Octopus Payoffs Octopus is one of what I call the Big 4 sea creature types (KLOS, for krakens, leviathans, octopuses, and serpents), so they benefit from sea creature payoffs and sea creature commanders
Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Oshawott - Water - HP70 Basic Pokemon [W] Tackle: 10 damage