The former could hit cards like Birthing Pod, Cryptic Command and Splinter Twin all of which were important, but the latter was better versus Burn and Zoo, and also back then manabases were a lot more painful as decks were more reliant on Shocklands, which meant a turn one Thoughtseize commonly saw you at 15 life from the get-go
Brawl Legal Vintage Legal Timeless Legal Commander Legal Pauper Legal Oathbreaker Legal Penny Not Legal Toolbox Notes and Rules Information for Faithless Looting: "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack." (2025-06-06) You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type
But when it comes to picking which cards you place inside, this works so well with any Pokemon that also finds themselves in a similar setting
Host of the Hereafter's last ability puts all counters that were on the creature that died onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters
One of the biggest similarities is that you can evolve your basic Pokmon to powerful Stage 1 and Stage 2 Pokmon, letting you use more powerful attacks and abilities to knock out your opponents Pokmon