Cards like A Good Thing causing you to lose the game when you have 1,000 or more life and Largepox riffing on Smallpox and Pox (two real cards) are great examples of Magic 's humorous self-awareness
Heres how a standard Pokmon card measures up against things you already know
Mono-Black can make a ton of mana, so you can easily pay its Commander Tax a few times to get multiple sacrifices, and he just cost's four initially
This card creates the ultimate tension, since the cost of getting it wrong is literally losing - contrary to Brainstorm or Gifts Ungiven where the punishment for not playing it correctly is substantially less severe
Plus, they can be used to fix your mana, ensuring that you have the right colors of mana when you need them
That includes all the Un sets, Portal and other Starter sets, and stuff like the Global Series, Secret Lairs, and more