Zimone, Paradox Sculptor is reminiscent of Vorel of the Hull Clade, but what you lose in having a higher mana value and its inability to double counters on lands, you gain in the immediate and repeated value its brings by distributing two +1/+1 every combat, and getting to double the counters on two targets when you activate its ability
Shifting Shadow Shifting Shadow comes from the Shadow Puppeteers school of logic where simply making a big shadow somehow makes you a much more imposing threat
Exiling every creature on the board is a huge deal, as it even lets you ignore things like pesky death triggers and indestructibility
The first player to win three points wins the match (one point for a regular Pokemon, two for a Pokemon ex)
I'm not saying this is possible in all locations, as many places obviously want to buy the collections themselves, but it is worth looking into
NEGATE I know 2008 isnt exactly recent history, but its still shocking that Negate has only been with us for slightly more than a decade