Where in most sets white would just be doubling a lot of 1/1 creature tokens, here it's making copies of a much wider and larger range of creature tokens
If you don't draw Manaphy at the start, Palkia ex can still do a great job as an active Pokmon due to its Slash attack , which can earn a quick point
Greymond, Avacyns Stalwart, for example, is worth over $47 at time of writing
And yes, you have to exile it afterwards, but if youre bringing back a big bruiser, youll likely want to end the game on the spot, no
Then you can -3 him to Vindicate something with colors or +1 him to exile our top card and then drop a 2/2 colorless Spirit and then when it dies you draw it