With free retreat, C Energy requirements, and 100 HP, Pidgeot excels in the areas where Claydol is weak
When you tear a real Pokemon card, you can observe its internal composition: a central layer that is black or dark blue in color sandwiched between two layers of white paper
The mill caused by the attack trigger can turn into massive resource advantage though is likely to help an opposing deck or two, but any scries or top deck manipulation goes awry fast with Locke
Note that even without unique art, I had success selling my serialized Emry, Lutri, and Zada at a profit simply because they are playable and as a one of a kind serialized card, they found a home in someones very blinged-out EDH deck
My life fell from 17 to 10
Fun fact: Snivy is so cool and composed, it rarely sweats, making it the epitome of calm under pressure