Charizard ex (199/165) is a Special Illustration Rare (SIR) that depicts Charizard flying through the sky on a bright, sunny day
A ruling from a while back allows a tapped artifact to function when it's necessary for the card to work properly.
You have so many different creatures at your disposal, and most will come with some sort of mechanics attached, such as Reach, Vigilance, Deathtouch, Menace, or Trample, while others are token generators
In fact, the thing I enjoy most about the design is that the top-down source was a story element and Mike and Jerry did a wonderful job of recreating that story in game-play terms
In fact, I almost like the artifact/token generation on Obsessive Pursuit more than the prospect of sacrificing Clues for card draw