He bought the card in 2021 for US$5.27 million, earning the Guinness World Record title for most expensive Pokemon card sold at a private sale, according to the Guinness website
While its static abilities are fairly impressive on their own stopping all of your green spells from being countered including your Elf creature spells its Allosaurus Shepherds activated ability that truly sets it apart
We already saw players plan ahead for the expected onslaught of Diablo decks with the innovation of Ruby/Amethyst, and its match-up into Ruby/Sapphire is better than before as well
That approach was especially helpful since it kept the Towns themselves simple while letting us put the synergistic text on green and blue cards that made for a fun draft archetype
Considering that this card may stay relevant for the next two MTG sets, this spike makes a lot more sense
When he deals combat damage to a player, every spell you cast from your hand for the rest of the turn gains cascade, creating a massive chain of value