At the very least, you want to confirm that it is not mixed up with a different specification of the same character, or that you are not comparing an ungraded card with a PSA 10
But it's also true that people can use Encroaching Mycosynth to make the battle an artifact, then The Blackstaff of Waterdeep to make it a creature, then Arcane Adaptation to make it a Human, then Moonmist to transform it, and because of the changes to DFC token rules introduced for Incubator tokens, that token would then transform
And then you have the scene-setters
Guzzlord ex seems way more interesting
The real power comes when you bestow it to another creature, and you can then pay to just make a token thats a copy of the enchanted creature
Players can market their investments by selling and trading several rare cards, but direct earnings are still limited