You can follow up with Greninjas respectable Mist Slash attack, letting you deal up to 80 damage in a turn, but generally, you want to use its ability to take down weaker Pokemon on your opponents bench
Gargos is a six-mana 8/7 with vigilance that makes it so that whenever a Creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos can fight another creature for you
If you are running away with the lead and fear a board wipe or opponents tag-teaming to catch up, dropping a Ravage of War can stall other players moment and allow you to grind out the win with what you have on the field at the time of casting
Well, the sheet that Garfield didn't have a picture of was red uncommons, and it took about 18 years of searching before those 16 cards were discovered
It costs the extra mana, a colored pip no less, but getting to cast a spell with mana value two or less for free makes it well worth the increased cost