By the time that was followed up with the Neo Destiny expansion a year later, Shining Pokmon became an obsession
For serious collectors, Azurite Sea has some great chase cards too, including Yzma, Conniving Chemist, Maleficent's Staff, the Lilo and Stitch-themed You Came Back - all of which are worth over $100 on their own
Some sort of Deathtouch + Snake Tribal would be a sweet design space: see Ophiomancer, Pharika, God of Affliction, and Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Its expensive, easily disrupted, and is outclassed by a lot of four-drops, let alone six-drops
Because these Pokmon go directly to your hand instead of directly on a Pokmon in play from your deck, this means that their Abilities can then be used upon evolving one of your Pokmon in play
If you bought a card at its 2021 peak, every subsequent price feels like a loss, even if the card has simply returned to its pre-hype baseline