Talk about power creep, by the way
Since control decks want to go to the extreme late game and win by leveraging expensive, splashy threats like Hullbreaker Horror, theyre often much denser on interactive elements than the other two
Nidoqueen's main appeal is that her Lovestrike attack can deal devastating damage in a single hit
It's basically cheating (or, more precisely: a color pie break) that lets red decks get rid of problematic cards like enchantments and guarantees that its target gets out of sight and out of mind, but runs the risk of replacing it with something even worse
Otherwise, reveal the Aura card and put it into your hand
While Garcia agreed that condition, "especially in Gem Mint," drives those top-end prices, it's nostalgia that he believes is "one of the biggest factors." He pointed to the First Edition Base Set Charizard