charmander charmeleon and charizard pokemon card & 8 Lot Colorless Split Bomb This attack does 40 damage to 2 of your opponents Pokémon Charmander, Charmeleon & Charizard GX

(The next time this creature would be destroyed, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.) Activating the ability creates a replacement effect that acts like a shield, replacing the next time Goblin Turncoat would be destroyed that turn

Obviously that all gets thrown out if you play a desert-centric commander like Yuma, Proud Protector or Hazezon, Shaper of Sand, but its better to analyze these cards on their own and not in the context of an individual card that makes them much, much better

When TheThirdMan (and the orginal Q and A) were posted the EDH committee had not yet made their announcement

What do red cards represent

At Chicago 1997, many players with pre-Cursed Scroll / pre-PT Jank "Gun" decks thought they were on the same page as the Tongos