Creating a creature will help defend her
On its own it can take a while to transform, and then it can get transformed back
A Sliver Overlord proxy lets you run this powerful staple across every deck you own without paying secondary market prices
Gamestop can plausibly argue that it's just engaging in what economists call pricing equilibrium , raising the cost of the cards to better reflect their true market value, but as Rutherford points out, this also puts the cards financially out of reach for a huge chunk of the intended Pokmon card consumer market, who aren't in fact collectors flush with cash but children and teenagers eager to play a card game
Add this with Misty, and the Water deck looks extremely dangerous in the new meta
This is the second standard (non-Full Art or Shiny) V for both of these, as Zarude got its debut V in Sword & Shield Vivid Voltage and Charizard got its V in Sword & Shield Darkness Ablaze