Absol ex #73 (Pokemon Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame | Pokemon Cards) prices are based on the historic sales
Like the Seven Dwarves in Rise of the Floodborn , the puppies play best when they have each other to rely on
However, lots of people are savvy to the fact that Downfall is going to rotate out in a few months and tank in value, while Anafenza has nowhere to go but up as a Standard card and a Tiny Leaders powerhouse
There are plenty of discard synergy pieces in Red that make all our discarding even more powerful: we have plenty more ways to turn our cycling / looting into card advantage with Containment Construct, Conspiracy Theorist, Bag of Holding, Currency Converter, and Veronica, Dissident Scribe
It gets worse when artifacts like Panharmonicon are on the battlefield
And the only way to get them is to pay some shady vendors hundreds of dollars - thanks for nothing