Trade Routes pairs very nicely with Tameshi since you can do it on other players turns as well, thereby getting around the triggering only once per turn restriction
From a price perspective Korean is by far the cheapest when comparing English Japanese and Chinese
Here, youre not locked into the same type of pack you first pulled
Im especially intrigued by Radiant Hawlucha, which gives all your other Pokemon +30 damage on attacks as long as Hawlucha is on the bench
You can also supplement his vitality with Narsil, Blade of the Faithful (9R+34) or The Saga of Elendil (1R114) , although this can be risky: if one of these cards is removed when he has only one wound left, he'll die and you'll lose the game
In some decks, you also want to speed up the way you lose life, like with Death's Shadow, so thats another interesting application