For the second (and more practical scenario), bring the discarded Basic card to the Bench, and use your Bench-attacking Pokmon to hit it for the KO (and +1)
With Mulcharmy Fuwalos taking a price dive after being reprinted in the Legendary 5Ds: Box Set, every Main Deck card in this budget-friendly strategy is now under $15a fact which may explain why more players are trying Gem-Knights out and causing Nepyrim to rise
Cons: High-demand items sell out almost instantly, often within minutes of launch
Amass an army of Zombies and use your commander to sacrifice them for value
Without Utopic Zexal, that's a harder ask - though, honestly, that's probably for the best
Even then, I will always entertain arguments for running modal pieces, such as if youre using Sunforger