We know from Mark Rosewater's articles that if a theme isn't at common, it's not your theme
At near-retail box pricing (~5,500), its one of the best value propositions in the current OPTCG sealed market
The combination of a premium design, low circulation, and a central character in the One Piece universe explains its position among the most expensive cards
Even if you buy a reasonable starting deck (or borrow one off a friend) and manage to go through the motions of a first game, thats still only one strategy, one color combination that youve experienced
The evoke elementals from Modern Horizons 2 and Lorwyn Eclipsed work well with flicker effects like Ephemerate or effects like Malakir Rebirth that return a creature to play when it dies
I dont know of many cards that can punish greedy deckbuilding this cleanly