While this deck has the potential to be very strong, I wouldnt personally recommend it for beginners
There was a lhurgoyf cycle in Odyssey and there have been a few here and there over the years, including one in Dominaria United , and a chunk in Modern Horizons 3
When the RowEgg/Vileplume deck did well I definitely had second thoughts on whether to follow through and play the deck I had been practicing for months after the hardest possible counter dominated an unsuspecting metagame the week prior
Based on the latest market prices tracked on TCG Stacked, Abra is worth about $1.97 USD
That excludes special border cards like: Gold-bordered cards (World Events promo cards / ) Silver-bordered cards (Unhinged / Unglued / Unstable / Holiday cards / ) Scroll-looking cards that like Conspiracies
However, if it doesn't include one of these features, it's legal