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Akim, the Soaring Wind is straightforward to build around, and you can aim to flood the board in no time with cards like Young Pyromancer, Monastery Mentor, and Third Path Iconoclast

Over a limited period starting from the release day of Dream League [SM11b] on 2 August 2019, everyone who purchased a Japanese Dream League [SM11b] booster box would have this card bundled with it

Pair Charmander with consistent Fire energy acceleration so you can evolve fast and hit harder

They all are incredibly similar and while they have their individual strengths and places I will fairly happily play any of these in place of another if I just want a bit of cheap card quality

For example, control decks have no problem digging through their decks, so having one-offs won't affect them as they will be able to get to their sideboard cards easily (and this is a big reason why control decks are often so good)