: If you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing
Whilst it could certainly benefit from additional mechanical complexity, more cards and tools to help adjust the pace (at the moment, games move very quickly), many of these problems are indicative of its infancy
Brainstorm ahead of time together, and I bet you could come up with a cohesive story about where Charizard is, what hes doing, why hes doing it, etc
In extreme cases where life isn't an issue, you can even cycle through the entire deck to know your choices and then play knowing what is coming, while in situations where life is precious you can usually get by with minimal loss
Books could interact with learn itself as another thing that learn can bring from outside the game, or you could give it its own word like research or hit the books or something