The combination of a premium design, low circulation, and a central character in the One Piece universe explains its position among the most expensive cards
Even if you buy a reasonable starting deck (or borrow one off a friend) and manage to go through the motions of a first game, thats still only one strategy, one color combination that youve experienced
The evoke elementals from Modern Horizons 2 and Lorwyn Eclipsed work well with flicker effects like Ephemerate or effects like Malakir Rebirth that return a creature to play when it dies
will still yield normal 1999 Unlimited Holos
I dont know of many cards that can punish greedy deckbuilding this cleanly
While the ability doesn't stack (meaning that a player doesn't benefit from having multiple Team Rocket's Ampharos in play), dealing chip damage to an opponent for free can be very useful, especially when paired with the aforementioned Team Rocket's Sneasel