IXHEL, SCION OF ATRAXA Who needs their own spells when you can cast your opponents
It makes good use of earthbend thanks to its static ability and it's good at any point of the game
The different types of Basic Energy cards in the Pokmon TCG are: Colorless Dark Dragon Fairy Fighting Fire Grass Lightning Metal Psychic Water Basic Energy types all correspond to various Pokmon, in the same way Pokmon in the games and anime fall into different types
The answer here is that it is much, much easier to build a functional deck with all oddconverted mana cost cards than it is to build one with evenconverted mana cost cards
While all colors have access to some form of removal spells, blue mages make do with bounce spells that provide only a temporary reprieve from the horrors of your opponents playing Magic, but that can be all the time the right deck needs
Some decks combine this strategy with cards that punish your opponent each time your creatures die (such as Blood Artist), and this has seen lots of success in winning decks