He's been playing Pokemon TCG competitively for three years, placing high in multiple city, regional, state, and national tournaments, and peaking with a 2nd place finish at the 2013 World Championships in the Masters Division -- not to mention he placed 7th in this year's Worlds last weekend with his Donphan deck
People are unwilling to block Rocco because if he goes back to the command zone you can use it to pull out another threat
Ixalan's checklist card includes a box to check on the left, the card name, and the mana cost, and should be just as sleeved as the rest of your deck
A really good white counterspell card could be something like 1 generic and 2 white for an instant that counters target spell if and only if you gained 3 or more life that turn
Vine Snare: D I dont want super conditional fogs that dont stop attacks from big creatures