pokemon cards promo The History of Card 1996-1998 Lightning / 200 / Basic Attack 1 Pokémon Card Game PROMO 218/SV-P

Moonstone Eulogist has two separate effects, both of which are solid on their own

At six Mana to cast with echo, it was a beast to get into play, but it did simply tap to draw a card and had no activation cost whatsoever, beyond the act of tapping, so if you had the Mana, it was well worth the cost

After Dave designed the cards, Richard incorporated them into a deck he used to play with Lily

Instead, it results in that many -1/-1 counters being put on that creature or that many poison counters being given to that player

Their being legendary is just a side effect of them being iconic characters, rather than a signpost toward playability