Ideally you want to win the same turn that you cast Samut, which means you need to Start Your Engines good and early for his cost reduction, ramp hard, and have some non-trivial removal so you survive the early game
Read the Whole Report Card It is tempting to scan a report card and immediately point out any flaws
Ability: Dazzling Gaze As long as this Pokmon is in the Active Spot, attacks used by your opponents Active Pokmon cost [C] more
Goro-Goro and Satoru There is a fair amount of work to really get Goro-Goro and Satoru to generate dragon spirits
If you're worried about a board wipe like Ritual of Soot, Tend the Pests only gives you 1/1s, but A: that's more than enough damage to kill every player at the table many times over, and B: They gain you life when they die
Dark forces can also control the undead and use them for evil