There's bigger and more undercosted beatsticks available to us
Abrade is gorgeous, with the rich red and gold hues, but my favorite has to be the Cultivator Colossus
Black for Common, Silver for Uncommon, Gold for Rare, and Red-Orange for Mythic Rare
Other green cards do this as well, such as Worldly Tutor, Primal Command, Green Suns Zenith and the new Mwonvuli Beast Tracker
Heres my Shedinja from the 2003 Sapphire deck: Screenshot_20230129-173639_Instagram6661088 184 KB Unfortunately, he did not make a reappearance for the 2015 oras decks
Prices for the V600 have only gotten more expensive ($120 two years ago, now $300-$400!!) So if youre starting off making your own blanks, any standard CIS scanner should work fine to get you started