Instead of slowly building long-term advantages, red usually wins by pushing damage early and using one strong turn for a decisive swing
Your goal is to assemble the following pieces: Team Magma's Secret Base, Weavile, Reuniclus, Klefki, two beefy Pokemon to hold many damage counters (Magikarp & Wailord-GX, legal at Dallas Regionals, is ideal thanks to its huge 300 HP), and of course Unown DAMAGE in the Active
Compare that to Broken Jar, Miracle Grow at its debut, or Oath of Druids in the able hands of Robert Maher, Jr
Conjurer's Closet is the colorless version of something like a Teleportation Circle
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Heck, even if you become the archenemy (which you often will be), getting punched in the face for 4+ damage The face commander is busted