Those pesky things that ruin your plans just when you have the upper hand
Bone Splinters, this card is not if you forego sacrificing a creature or land, perhaps because you dont have one, you still draw a card
Value is easy to find and spiders are heavily weighted in the defensive department
Excluding perhaps the Weezing-Koga deck (which had a brief moment in the sun early on), every deck that's at least moderately viable in competitive play has revolved around one thing: get a lot of energy onto a Pokmon, and then do a lot of damage with it
Usually, the abilities will be weaker than the standard effect for that price or more expensive than what the effect usually asks for, but thats the price of the versatility youre looking for
But this trend isnt just about price appreciation, its about generational identity and the redefinition of what it means to invest