You cannot Special Summon or conduct your Battle Phase during the same turn you activate this card
Additional support cards like Erratic Portaling it in response or utilizing Homeward Path is a big help, but they're often narrow in their applications, making Starke of Rath an extremely cool design that's bad in the sense that it'll rarely end up working out in your favor
Is there any design space that you want to see Wizards explore
Even if all you need are Energy cards, youll have to duel a technician in the Professors lab to earn a booster pack ONLY containing Energy cards
Full singles-only completion for all 113 cards runs approximately $300-500 depending on condition targets and Charizard card values at time of purchase
Finally, weve got Craterhoof Behemoth, which is a classic finisher in Green, and Blightsteel Colossus, which is an 11/11 that has Trample, Infect and Indestructible