Bloodbond March helps with both of these issues: it will reanimate all copies when you cast another, meaning youre guaranteed to eventually get enough on board
In order to have Erebus live let's talk about what archetype spells/traps we must use with him: Prime is the best monarch trap we have and it is quite mandatory to run 3 in order to see it as often as possible
Yes, it's a bit wild that $30ish is considered "good" for Pokmon cards
Whether you pull on these secret packs or not, youll still end up with plenty of new cards to modify your deck, which relieves some of the pressure from picking the best starter deck
Right now gen 1 will have some clear archtypes (like the bugs, metal coating, the god birds, eeveeolution [coming soon], etc.) and some cards will support these existing archtypes or will just be helpfull support for all pokemon in general
I dont expect it to see any main deck play, so there are some major limitations, but every control player will need to have answers for it on their radar