They were likely produced after the success of Holographic cards in the Japanese 96 base set, as a way to boost excitement for the gum
Then you have a combat damage trigger which works with that evasion to draw two and discard two for card flow purposes unless you discard a Pirate, it's great outside of Pirate decks since looting for two is great in graveyard synergetic decks
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A legendary price for what is definitely a legendary card, in every sense of the word
Wickerbough Elder I think is worth the extra cost over this too
I'd be most interested in playing it in Ruric Thar, the Unbowed and Nikya of the Old Ways, where we want to play creatures over otherwise superior noncreature removal like Nature's Claim, Hull Breach, and Decimate