With a double Black to start you can force a foe to lose X life, kill an opposing dork for -X/-X and give them Fear or Reanimate an X-costed critter
Redditor CardOfTheRings accuses CGC of "trying to legitimize their second rate grading service with a publicity stunt," reasoning that no one would pay this value when there are "records of similar quality BGS cards capping out at ~500,000." Many others express similar sentiments less politely, with some calling it "blatant laundry", which is meant not in the sense of money-laundering but in terms of artificially pumping up card values to inflate the market more generally
Is that okay with everybody?" Having that conversation is great
I also really like the idea of resolving a Wheel of Misfortune when both players are at twenty life and the battlefield is largely at parity
Whether you're new to Pokemon or have been here forever, Misty's popularity and this calm, sunny summer moment in the water are reason enough to grade this card
It starts out as a 1/1 Snow Spirit, but can, in effect, be evolved through paying snow