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The ''Cosmic Power engine'' utilized {{TCG ID|Great Encounters|Claydol|15}}'s ''Cosmic Power'' Poké-Power to simply draw cards.  ''Cosmic Power'' allows the player to put up to two cards from his or her hand on the bottom of their deck and draw cards until they have six in their hand.  ''Cosmic Power'' is one of the simplest, yet most effective engines to date, yet it is not without its problems.  Since Claydol sits on the bench, it is vulnerable to being sniped by attacks such as {{TCG ID|Supreme Victors|Garchomp C LV.X|145}}'s ''Dragon Rush'', at which point the Claydol player may be left without a way to reliably draw cards.

The ''Quick Search engine'' utilized {{TCG ID|EX FireRed & LeafGreen|Pidgeot|10}} from the {{TCG|EX FireRed & LeafGreen}} expansion.  Pidgeot had a Poké-Power called ''Quick Search'' which allowed the player to search for any one card from his or her deck and add it to their hand, once per turn.  The was not stackable, meaning that if one had multiple Pidgeot in play, they could still only use the power once.  However, Pidgeot was ''the'' backbone support Pokémon of many EX-era decks.  It was often used in combination with a variety of searching and drawing {{TCG|Trainer}} and {{TCG|Supporter}} cards, most notably {{TCG|Rare Candy}} to make it easier to get out.