Sauron is bonkers good, which makes sense for the doom of Middle Earth, right
Looking back over this thread, it feels like this "archetype" is more like Wildfire than anything else it doesn't necessarily create a new deck, it just transforms one that was already there by giving it an alternate way to go off
A good middle ground is to start with cards of Pokmon you genuinely love, which ensures you'll be happy with your purchase no matter what the market does
Ouroboroid is a really strong creature buffer, spreading +1/+1 counters around to everybody, while Gene Pollinator and Llanowar Elves generate extra mana with the Cub around
Often drawing cards or otherwise yielding value, they offset the disadvantage of lotus, which contributes to explosive starts which are difficult to catch up with
When it enters the battlefield, you choose a number