In case you're unfamiliar, this Stage 2 Pokmon has an ability, Guard Dog Visage, that makes your opponents' attacks cost an extra energy
This is only one example of how using creatures, planeswalkers and other Magic cards to whip up quick, evocative NPCs
If you decide to use it for a Link Summon, you get to draw a card which is a nice piece of tech if you go into I:P Masquerena or S:P Little Knight
This trend seems to be prevalent in the TCG as well
As a trade-off, she requires another of the player's characters to be returned to their hand to avoid immediate self-banishment, but it's a price that's well-worth playing
Then pile on seconds with instants and sorceries like Arachnogenesis, Collective Unconscious, or Second Harvest and overwhelm the table