Despite dropping out of the zeitgeist for a period, Lugia has once again become a topic of conversation thanks to modern cards like the Lugia V Alternate Art from Silver Tempest
It might not sound like a massive jump in power, but it's considerable in the context of the game, and it makes for a miserable experience if you're jumping back in for a couple of online battles only for meta decks with the Mega Evolved Charizard laying waste to your cards
Most cards only let you accelerate only one or two Energy, like Archeops [Silver Tempest], so having the option to do as many as you like is quite fantastic
The value of sale has been widely speculated, but it can easily sell for as much as $20,000 for a high-grade example
In Commander, we start with 40 life
Im also familiar with, and know the basics of, the actual game that revolves around those same cards