Heres a short list of all the important cards featured in each set: HGSS: Cleffa, Tyrogue, Jumpluff, Ninetales, Pichu, Pokmon Collector, Pokmon Communication, Professor Oaks New Theory, Copycat, Rainbow Energy, Double Colorless Energy, Donphan Prime, Typhlosion Prime, Blissey Prime UL: Rare Candy, Jirachi, Suicune/Entei Legend, Shaymin, Kingdra Prime, Tyranitar Prime, Lanturn Prime, Judge UD: Sages Training, Vileplume, Weavile, Rayquaza/Deoxys Legend, Muk, Sages Training TM: Junk Arm, Seeker, Twins, Rescue Energy, Almost Every Single Prime (Magnezone, Mew, Yanmega, Gengar, etc.) CoL: Jirachi, Pachirisu, Cleffa, Tyrogue, Ninetales, Sages Training, Professor Oaks New Theory BW: Emboar, Reshiram, Zekrom, Cinccino, Reuniclus, Zoroark, Pokmon Communication, Professor Juniper EP: Pokmon Catcher, Tornadus, Gothitelle, Cheren This is just an introductory list, but Im sure just by looking at it its easy to see how tough it can be to build a deck

Obviously you should be use some discretion and not cast Excruciator if you are far enough ahead that it's the only way you might lose, but you should be simply slamming it a lot more often than you might first assume
Negatives: Messy mechanics: clash, kinship, champion, prowl
Flickering, or Blinking Loot resets its Exhaust abilities, allowing them to be used again