Especially in the general creature-beat-down department
Charizard alone managed to rope in significant numbers
If your priority is actually playing Magic, ProxyMTGs approach makes a lot of sense
3 Wickerwing Effigy Wickerwing Effigy allows you to cast creatures from the top of your library but turns them into 1/1 black birds
Interestingly, part of the reason for this is from attempts to keep the Dive Ball relevant after Gen III (it originally worked better on Pokmon encountered while diving, which isn't a mechanic outside of RSE and their own remakes)
Id love to see this card in the magical christmas land scenario as follows: turn one and two ramp, turn three Branching Evolution, turn four Parallel Lives, turn five Doubling Season, turn six Body of Research