Beregond of the Guard Beregond of the Guard is likely to show up in many human decks to come, especially in Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
Heavily Played (HP) / Damaged: Significant wear, deep scratches, or bends
You could attempt to respond to a draw spell before it resolves, and you can use graveyard hate in anticipation of dredging, but there's little you could do about an opponent dredging during their draw step when they draw their card for turn
Sapphire -Puts extra ink into your inkwell (also known as "ramping") -Peeks at the top cards of your deck (aka "scrying") -Gains advantages with items Ruby -High strength (attack) -Allows characters to challenge immediately -Steals Lore from the opponent (aka "burn") Amber -High toughness (defense) -Sings songs at a discount -Healing damage from characters Amethyst -Draws extra cards -Gains Lore without questing -Controls opposing characters Emerald -High Lore values -Returns characters to hand -Discards cards from opponent's hand Steel -Protects your characters -Deals direct damage -Destroys items and locations Certain characters are associated with each color
Houndoom was used to battle Ash's Pikachu, Clemont's Chespin, and Volcanion
I doubt it would stand much chance against those fast attacking Basic EX Pokmon still, but thanks to its "Cheap Trick" attack it can stall the game against the slower opponents