If the cheap power werent enough, this puts the first counter on the creature and even comes with card advantage once you make it large enoughwhich should only take a few attacks, assuming youre running this in a deck with other +1/+1 counter support
Second of all, its among the cheapest cards that have this ability, which gives you a lot more +1/+1 counters in the third, fourth, and fifth turns, when you would be waiting for other bodies to come online
How much does it cost to get a Pokmon card graded at GameStop
Fresh hype cycles affect older card prices, too
In this board state, I am drawing to played creatures with Mentor of the Meek (great name given the Mentor ability-I just realized this coincidence!)
The Pokmon Company took over production of the cards in 2003