Now, there is still a size able market for ungraded cards, but yeah the biggest bucks are going to those graded cards, especially the ones rated a 10 or close to it
At this point his fighting weakness doesnt matter, nor does the fact that if he survives long enough (he wont) he can evolve into a mediocre spider that barely does any damage
And if, like me, you find the idea of picking 60 cards quite daunting, there's a clever wizard that builds a deck around two chosen Pokmon (though you'll still need to go in and tweak for the best results)
In Standard, there's a chance that a 3-drop artifact is so powerful (Peacewalker Colossus, Aethersphere Harvester) that you want more than 4 copies of it in your deck
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Selvala, Heart of the Wilds activated ability is a good source of both ramp and mana fixing, even on its own
Given the difficulty in grading this card and its high demand, it may be the first $1,500 Dragon-type modern card in the Pokemon TCG.