Convoke Games is a modern webcam Magic: The Gathering platform with AI card recognition
For more thematic stuff, the reskinned Sword of Truth and Justice is a slam-dunk here, giving all the counter synergy stuff but also evasion for easier combat triggers
Lunar Convocation's first ability cares whether you gained life this turn, not how your life total changed
Ultimately this is probably a better mechanic than the VMAX before it, leading to the game still being played with a focus on Stage 2 Pokemon, and all the accouterments that come with those sots of decks that make them distinct from decks focused on basic Pokemon or even Stage 1 Pokemon
Does the Pokmon have a reasonable amount of HP
When people think of fast mana, they generally refer to artifacts, but specific lands are also capable of getting you ahead of your mana curve