Costing two generic and two black, the minimum this card is likely going to give is -4/-4 in a mono-black deck
High-grade copies are increasingly scarce on the market as more of the existing supply gets locked into long-term collections, and prices have responded accordingly with a steady appreciation that reflects the card's growing recognition as one of the better holos across both Gym sets
Wizards of the Coast always denied this event occurred, but in 2006 a staff member shared a very convincing image of the card (above)
His involvement in the community began back in September 2020, and while we can all agree thats definitely not the worst thing to come out of that cursed year, its certainly made an impact on the prices and demand for Pokmon cards, as he basically introduced a huge audience to the idea that cards could be an investment of sorts, with the high values that some go for when resold
By combining it with a top-tier land from Modern Horizons 3, and exploiting some very far-flung corners of the rules, its possible to shrug off huge chunks of damage every turn