While somewhat expensive at five mana when kicked, getting a kicker spell back from the graveyard is powerful, allowing us to keep bouncing our opponent's creatures with Inscription of Insight and Into the Roil or getting back Vastwood Surge to kick and grow our team to close out the game
Theres a true arcane feel to it: magically enhancing your creature in a bevy of ways, be it stats, keywords, or some great effect
Players can choose to rush for early advantage or set up combo turns that take advantage of blacks control effects
Hell, if you have a Haste enabler like Concordant Crossroads, then you instantly get all but two mana back
Make sure to activate Gas Leak before playing Koga to poison the opponents Active Pokemon and Arbok can then lock that Pokemon in the Active spot with its Counter attack
Reshiram & Charizard-GX Unbroken Bonds Charizard changes the equation on almost any card, and pairing it with Reshiram gave Unbroken Bonds an immediate chase card