In principle you're ending on either Bubble Reef or Marbled Rock, with or without Crystal Heart protection, plus some combination of Toadally Awesome, Marincess Wave, Torrential Tribute, and/or hand traps depending on the composition of your starting hand, usually with good follow up in the form of draws and resource recursion
Since Dragapult ex's strategy involves attacking weak Pokmon on an opponent's bench, Shaymin is a useful stopper that can at least ensure that a player gets their strongest Pokmon into play
Steel Seraph Steel Seraph is a nice mix between a 3/3 and a 5/4 flier with relevant abilities, and granting lifelink to anyone, including this card, is a worthwhile addition
The Six Samurai - Kamon was first released in the set Gold Series 2009, illustrated by Konami
The Rapid Strike Tentacles attack can get powered up by just single energy