Yes, all English First Edition Base Set cards are shadowless because they were printed before the drop shadow was added to the template design
It's a key piece for certain Vintage and Legacy strategies
Of course, pairing this with fetch lands will net the most benefit, so take a look at the slow fetches if you're on a budget - Escape Tunnel is a new Terramorphic Expanse that synergises perfectly
The card also has an attack that damages the opponent's active Pokmon and poisons them
The card shows a fairy creature wrapped up in sticky binding across her ankles, wrists, thighs, torso, and neck, which, yep, definitely looks like red shibari rope
But what about hundreds of thousands of dollars