It is irrelevant how the creature was destroyed: whether an effect destroyed it directly, or lethal damage was dealt to it
In many ways, it really did feel like I was playing a video game and that I was leveling up, earning experience points, and occasionally beating a dungeon and winning a Mox Pearl or whatever
Arthur is an incredibly powerful card that allows you to earn lore with your weak questers like Lilo, Making a Wish and Pinnochio, Star Attraction, then bounce them back to your hand to keep them safe from challenges - while also rewarding you with two lore for doing it
Card draw can be a little inconsistent with this deck so A Whole New World is a handy last resort and can be played as early as turn three with an Aurora Shift
anything that can search out monsters from the deck is highly useful in terms of consistency
Crafting Optimized Decks In PTCGL, there is a currency called Trade Credits