While the set is heavily criticized for its non-draftable booster boxes, there are still chase cards to look out for when you're opening packs to sell on the secondary market
Of course, the card quickly met the banhammer in a multitude of different formats
While it isn't actually the most valuable Pokmon card, it does come close, sitting nicely at number 6 on this list
Other Metagross offer support, like the Energy moving capabilities of Metal Juncture, to the pseudo Claydol like nature of Metagross 's Delta Control
You intend to mill your opponent out over time, but you end up being the one tormented by your own spell, unable to do anything else for the rest of the game
Also your theory still falls under Scenario 1 in my example, just adding the assumption that rarity cards are released simultaneously, which there is no evidence to support as of yet (I had a lead with Blastoise ad in Oct 96 but went cold)