You dont have to fully remove all your combo pieces from the deck, you can always just take out one or two cards that create the infinite loop
Powered up by the absurd mana that Gaeas Cradle can generate, Fiend Artisan even helped spawn a new archetype in the Eternal formats: Cradle Control
Free cards in the Command Zone
Always go for expensive Secret Rares, particularly those full-art cards that you pull from your boosters once in a while
Trainers Schoolboy Dudley: Oddish (35) Lass Ellen: Wigglytuff (30), Granbull (34) Schoolboy Joe: Tangela (33), Vaporeon (33) Lass Laura: Gloom (28), Bellossom (33), Pidgeotto (31) Camper Lloyd: Nidoking (34) Lass Shannon: Paras (29), Paras (29), Parasect (32) Super Nerd Pat: Porygon (36) Cool Trainer Kevin: Rhyhorn (38), Charmeleon (35), Wartortle (35) Route 5 This short route links Cerulean and Saffron
If youre running an elf typal deck that has access to a bunch of great mana dorks, you can probably get away with having lands in the low- to mid-30s range