This weird magnet trio is actually quite useful in the video games as well, which may have inflated its popularity
Wizards of the Coast, the company responsible for manufacturing Pokmon cards at the time, initially denied the existence of this card, only for one of their staff members to release an image of it in 2006
Its a perfect fit for big stompy decks full of giant creatures you dont mind casting for free, and its trivially easy to transform it back once it turns into Temple of Cultivation
Souichirou Gunjima is a veteran illustrator known for a high-contrast, energetic art style that makes Pokmon look both formidable and lifelike
ONE Piece TCG: Seven WARLORDS of The SEA Starter Deck [ST-03]
In Celebrations (2021), that means the cards above: they consistently command the highest prices in the set , often from the secret-rare slots beyond the 25-card printed checklist