Their Guiding Flame move makes Light Ninetales a bit more versatile, as it allows the card to help a fallen Baby or Basic Pokemon ally back onto the Bench
Mesmeric Fiend effect on a 2/2 is usually some decent tempo, it is back breaking against removal light decks (typically combo) and at worst tends to eat a removal spell they would rather have aimed at something more than a Grizzly Bear
Follow that with the much-dreaded annihilator ability that makes opponents sacrifice permanents whenever it attacks, indestructible, and the possibility to shuffle your entire graveyard into your deck when it dies
For example, if an effect allowed you to search your library for a card with mana value 3 or less, you couldn't find Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery, even though Dollmaker's Shop has a mana cost of Manifest Dread Manifest dread is a new keyword action that introduces the threat of the unknown
Whenever another nontoken legendary permanent you control enters, you may pay
In other words, you can get gems simply by playing the game