One of the key ways in strengthening one's creatures in Pokmon TCG is evolution, which occurs mid-battle, unlike in the video games
Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares are your bread-and-butter answers that exile threats cleanly for just 1 mana
Salvation Colossus is probably playable in an artifacts based deck even ignoring the bonus energy flavor text
Perfect for dumping your hand onto the battlefield, Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant delivers massive swings of green creatures
#6 It is this sort of card that I was specifically attempting to draw attention to in the first post, do people run 'defensive-deck'-cards, how do they tend to play out and I suppose in a more nebulous manner, what indicators can you give drafters who either look at your list, or at a pack, that certain styles of play are more or less well supported