It's a card that mono-blue decks cringe at, and a pointed answer to a metagame full of control players
The beautiful thing about it is that the counters continue to stack even after it becomes a creature, meaning that 8/8 can turn into a 14/14 if you play your cards right
Collectible Value: Graded Full Art cards, especially those featuring Legendary Pokmon, tend to increase in value over time
"I think the last 1998 release had somewhere between 15 and 30 total copies awarded, which is significantly higher than the four given out at the 1997 tournament," noted Pratte
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While Caw-Blade was merely historically good before the printing of Batterskull, this was enough to elevate it to God-tier