The term threshold 0+ means that the card always has some function even if no external criteria is ever met
When the game starts, no player has the initiative, and there are three ways for a player to take the initiative
With black actively trying to lose creatures, she even plays on theme, which isnt always a given in Limited lately
Ripping your opponents hand apart can be particularly good with cards like Judge and Iono, forcing them to decrease their hand sizes and then make them decide which cards they want to keep most
Whether the card features Mitsuhiro Arita's iconic original artwork from Base Set, a Shining alternate colorway from the WOTC era, a Gold Star treatment from the mid-2000s ex era, or a Special Illustration Rare from the latest generation, the Charizard name elevates every card it touches to a level of value and desirability that no other Pokemon can consistently match
We'll not go quite in-depth in Blue, but that's because Blue has a more even distribution of cards between the titular 'empire', the Vodalian Merfolk, and the monsters that took down their empire