As a result, most paid it little mind as they focused on building around spicy rares instead
Without Chronicles we wouldnt have the Reserved List, and without the Reserved List cards would devalue like mad immediately after their first reprint
On top of that, Nekroz of Trishula has a great effect while its in your hand too: You can discard it any time your Nekroz monsters would be targeted by a card effect, to then negate and destroy the activated card which provides your monsters with some amazing protection
The only other Rock-types were the fossil Pokmon Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops and Aerodactyl
Returning the Elf you control to its owner's hand is the cost to activate the ability
I dont remember what SM era was like, but with SWSH and SV it seems like weighing is not really a big concern with the new code cards