The reason is straightforward: the French-speaking market (France, French-speaking Belgium, French-speaking Switzerland) represents a fraction of the global English-speaking market
At just over $46, it is priced like a card collectors actually want, because they do
Double Colorless Energy (Staff) Name: Double Colorless Energy 90/108 (North America Championships) [Staff] Year released: 2016 Card Value: $148.95 These cards were gifted to players and staff between 2016-2017
For the start you have some little guys like Elvish Visionary or Farhaven Elf and soon you get 2 or 3 counters on your commander and if everything goes right the following combinations will give you the possibility to get an army of fat creatures onto the battlefield in no time
Umbra armor's effect is applied no matter why the enchanted creature would be destroyed: because it's been dealt lethal damage, or because it's being affected by an effect that says to "destroy" it (such as Nekrataal's triggered ability)
Charizard (Base Set) There could be no other - it had to be Charizard , didnt it