The rareness of this card plus the popularity of Lugia in Pokmon video games makes it a hard one to catch
If it does end up in one of the top-tier decks, then it will sustain the $12-15 range at the end, and if not, then it'll drop even further to about $7-8 per card
In the list with a lower mill per card and a higher mill per mana this is a good balancing tool
(Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Illustrated by Yeong-Hao Han Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Merfolk also runs Spellskite and Kira, Great Glass Spinner mainboard, which diverts our spells and makes getting any burn to land a pain
Also, note that factory errors sometimes occur at the Pokemon factory, so there could be mistakes from time to time with the cards inside the booster packs which are out of our control