Like most Pokmon cards, the value of Nidoran depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (FireRed & LeafGreen)
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This effect lets you capitalize on Zurgo Stormrenders leave the battlefield trigger, while still maintaining a board presence and potentially setting up further token shenanigans
(When a creature with afterlife 1 dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.) Because blockers are chosen all at once, you can't block with a creature with afterlife, wait for it to die, then block with the resulting Spirit tokens
A flavor-win certainly, except that of course they could never actually fight due to their Protection abilities