It's almost like playing a finisher stamped onto a creature: I'd imagine you either stick him when you already have a pretty developed board and get off a huge attack to either win the game or heavily turn it in your favor, or you play him on curve and he gets whacked before you can attack
What were really trading here is time for mana
Not only was that card from one of the best sealed Pokemon products, its all around just an epic reprint
Then you can tap him for three to draw, discard, and then if it was an artifact, you can exile it and make an 0/2 Thoper artifact copy of that artifact with flying
Find borderless echoed pairs in every pack, plus look for shattered mirror cards and more
Seasons for ranked battles usually last around 1 month, and you move higher up in the ranks each time you win