Even if Lucario's presence wasn't enough to convince you about this card's cool factor, a glance at the background might make an impression
MSRP is $39.99
This OOP status is a key driver of the boxs price appreciation from ~5,800 at launch to ~13,000 as of April 2026
While it has frequently been maindecked, its also been a popular sideboard card, perfect for grinding out attrition-based post-sideboard games, such as the Kithkin deck Cedric Phillips piloted to a top 8 finish in PT Kyoto 2009: Creatures (20) Planeswalkers (4) Lands (25) Spells (11) Sideboard Nowadays, the idea of aggro decks slowing down and going bigger after sideboarding is commonplace, but Cedrics use of it here was especially futuristic for that time period
This means youre essentially a tokens deck, and you can run all of the support for token creatures and token doublers that youd like
So yeah, it's more/less a mixed boss monster for them (considering that it is more/less dependent on your Tokens, but can also stay around for a while)