Despite a relatively high known population of this card, with PSA having graded 2,621 copies of 1st Edition Holographic Blastoise, only 101 were graded PSA 10, while 645 copies were graded near mint
(2025-06-06) A nonmodal double-faced card enters with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed or allows you to cast it transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up
We can always count on generic typal support stuff to fill in our berserker ranks
Another contributing factor to the cards value was the fact that the card was released during the seventh generationthe peak of Mimikyus popularity
Other effects like Ghostly Prison or removal like Winds of Abandon can help keep things at bay
I think the cycle has some potential cross-format possibilities with their ability to grow a Tarmogoyf while providing value, but in Standard I think most of these will see play