Short answer: It depends, drastically
It wasn't too long ago, 2023/2024, where booster boxes would drop under MSRP shortly after release
And since its uncounterable spot removal mode pops it into the graveyard, it also helps to fuel the deck's graveyard strategies, synergizing with mechanics like Harmonize and Collect Evidence
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In the years that followed, the beating heart of its close-knit community, bundled into card stores hidden in basements of multi-storey buildings, has helped the game to establish a dedicated and ultimately welcoming following that continues to grow even 18 years on from its first official introduction into the country
Dont play him early unless you have an item you can banish, or a character that can protect him with Evasive or Resist