It works particularly well on non-white cards, where the frame color contrasts well with the usual black-and-white art
But in high grade, it trades in the same neighborhood as its sister card, generally a step behind, with comparable graded populations from the era
Abilities that apply "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield," such as choosing a number with Talion, the Kindly Lord, are also unaffected
When we look at the cards that surround Lugia , we see comparable energy acceleration effects to today from Eelektriks Dynamotor, Blastoises Deluge, Emboars Inferno Fandango, and Colress Machine, but the Pokmon-based draw power is far weaker
Technically speaking, this card is really, really broken for fossil decks