It's a curious system, because playing only with very powerful Pokemon can be counterproductive
However, most spells in Magic have important information about what the card actually does in the text box
C Common Traptrix Mantis X EARTH Level 4 [ InsectEffect ] ATK 1500 DEF 1300 Unaffected by the effects of "Hole" Normal Traps
Special Summon 1 "Photon" monster from your Deck with a different original name than the sent monster

$0.65 Pinsir 1 $0.21 Seedot 2 $0.26 Kricketot 3 $0.27 Kricketune 4 $10.30 Shaymin-EX 5 $0.28 Pansage 6 $0.56 Simisage 7 $0.26 Foongus 8 $0.46 Amoonguss 9 $0.59 Growlithe 10 $0.49 Growlithe 11 $3.11 Arcanine 12 $1.40 Arcanine 13 $3.50 Moltres 14 $0.30 Pansear 15 $0.52 Simisear 16 $0.24 Darumaka 17 $0.29 Litwick 18 $0.29 Lampent 19 $1.67 Chandelure 20 $0.65 Reshiram 21 $19.25 Reshiram-EX 22 $0.34 Staryu 23 $0.55 Starmie 24 $0.54 Lapras 25 $1.08 Lapras 26 $9.45 Articuno 27 $0.25 Panpour 28 $0.36 Simipour 29 $0.29 Basculin 30 $0.30 Vanillite 31 $0.22 Vanillish 32 $1.15 Vanilluxe 33 $0.29 Frillish 34 $1.12 Jellicent 35 $0.21 Cubchoo 36 $0.85 Beartic 37 $8.69 Kyurem-EX 38 $4.98 Pikachu 39 $2.91 Raichu 40 $6.14 Zapdos 41 $0.30 Shinx 42 $0.40 Shinx 43 $0.35 Luxio 44 $0.26 Luxio 45 $2.38 Luxray 46 $0.31 Blitzle 47 $0.59 Zebstrika 48 $0.32 Emolga 49 $1.02 Zekrom 50 $28.05 Zekrom-EX 51 $0.30 Grimer 52 $0.83 Muk 53 $29.87 Mewtwo-EX 54 $0.37 Ralts 55 $0.51 Kirlia 56 $13.67 Gardevoir 57 $0.24 Munna 58 $1.76 Musharna 59 $6.39 Darmanitan 60 $0.20 Elgyem 61 $0.56 Beheeyem 62 $0.46 Riolu 63 $11.04 Lucario 64 $0.16 Hippopotas 65 $0.33 Hippowdon 66 $0.25 Mienfoo 67 $0.33 Mienshao 68 $0.24 Sneasel 69 $0.59 Weavile 70 $0.22 Nuzleaf 71 $0.78 Shiftry 72 $0.29 Scraggy 73 $1.17 Scrafty 74 $0.24 Bronzor 75 $0.30 Bronzong 76 $0.17 Ferroseed 77 $1.05 Jigglypuff 78 $1.77 Wigglytuff 79 $0.43 Meowth 80 $0.70 Persian 81 $21.77 Regigigas-EX 82 $0.25 Pidove 83 $1.74 Minccino 84 $2.29 Cinccino 85 $0.31 Cilan 86 $0.27 Exp

And The Rest After going pretty deep on explaining mana and tutors, the rest of the checklist is pretty straightforward: is important to refill your hand, out-grind your opponents, and smooth out your gameplay