pokemon trading card game gyarados Pokémon Tcg Pocket (Trading Card) Having been authenticated and graded Gyarados 1999 Pokemon Base Set

Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.) When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control

The third commander in the set was Kestia, the Cultivator, a commander who cares about enchantment creatures

If you then reach the eight counter threshold, you get basically a second hand, with the stuff in your graveyard suddenly available to return to the fray

Zacama, Primal Calamity is also an option but makes for a poor Dinosaur commander as you'd much rather build a Big Ramp deck focused on abusing Zacama's activated abilities

The channel portion of the card didn't want to actually be a spell - By making channel an activated ability rather than an alternate mana cost, the Saviors team allowed the channel cards to do several things