At least digital card games offer the chance to respond to this sort of thing a bit more quickly.
Should these disappoint, a lack of competitive demand would similarly stop prices from going overboard
But when Politically Incorrect Pokemon went viral in the US shortly after Gen 2 launched in Japan, Game Freak realized theyd need to take some drastic measures
As it turned out, I was completely wrong, and the turn-three Batterskull I was fearing so much doesnt ever happen anymore as most of the time the card is used to fetch Colossal Hammer, and even fetching Kaldra Compleat is often not powerful enough for the format as the card sees little play outside of Hammer Time
What makes this ability all the more useful is Shaymin's Sky Return attack
Also, imagine trying to attack an opponent with six mana up, a bunch of cards in hand, and three payoffs in playitd like be paralyzing, and your opponent could just keep making land drops while building up an even better defense you cant see