At the time we weren't able to pick one unifying cause for the surge except for its general popularity
Nelly Borca is the main commander, providing card advantage and making creatures unable to block
Its one of the best-looking cards in the set, and if you manage to pull one, youre sitting on a win
Chaos: Whenever you roll Chaos, you may either Fateseal 2, or Scry 3
XY Single Pack Blister [Dragonite] Dragonite Collector's Pin 3 Pack Blister $309.00 Dragonite EX Box $263.13 Kanto Power Collection [Dragonite EX/Pidgeot EX] $493.26 Kanto Power Mini Tin [Dragonite] $36.03 Dragonite Dragons Tin $65.93 Checklane 2 Mini-Pack Blister [Dragonite] $24.99 Dragonite Dragons Tin (Walgreens Exclusive) $52.73 Dark Dragonite #5Holo Rare $240.97 Dark Dragonite #15Rare $92.41 Dark Dragonite - 15/109 (EX Team Rocket Returns) #15Holo Rare $125.49 Dark Dragonite (22) #22Rare $38.95 Dark Dragonite (5) #5Holo Rare $180.45 Dragonite #2Holo Rare $189.66 Dragonite #18Rare $15.29 Dragonite #5Holo Rare $30.59 Dragonite #83Holo Rare $21.44 Dragonite #96Holo Rare $4.09 Light Dragonair #22Rare $39.35 Dark Flaaffy #34Uncommon $5.18 Unown [P] #58Uncommon $3.75 Unown [W] #29Rare $14.43 Dark Gengar #6Holo Rare $999.99 Dark Ursaring #21Rare $13.50 Dark Wigglytuff #40Uncommon $11.62 Dark Slowking #20Rare $38.19 Unown [X] #30Rare $19.42 Dark Typhlosion #10Holo Rare $114.42
Depending on how you look at it, Companion could be ludicrously powerful (having this much control over every opening hand is crazy strong) or overly restrictive (many of these conditions seem onerous, especially for Standard)
