Our article on the most expensive Pokmon cards and most expensive Sword and Shield Pokmon cards highlights how certain modern cards can skyrocket because of their connections to popular games and characters
The most valuable card in the hobby
After that I have been more careful about my trades however, but I still have that same Pidgey and Vulpix this day (lost the Pidgeotto once, one of the only two cards I ever lost as far as I can remember (other being Neo Genesis Furret) )
At the same time, its clear that Wizards of the Coast has been making a multi-year effort to promote diverse representation
With pingers and other triggered abilities you have more ways to control this card draw than many others on this list, and there's no drawback of needing to discard or lose your own life
A 10/10 body that fights on ETB is going to take out just about anything, though not having any combat keywords leaves some room to be desired