All combo pieces are by definition niche cards however Sword of the Meek and Thopter Foundry is one of the better combo decks possible in the cube and would be an auto include in any cube trying to support at least some combo decks
Pull on that thread and you end up in October 1996, before most Western collectors had heard of Pokmon, at the real starting point of the hobby
Before it, you needed a weird four-card Expanded combo (Eternatus VMAX, Weavile-GX, Darkrai-GX and Kecleon CRE) to achieve this result
That creature deals damage equal to its power to him
Pseudolegendary Pokemon such as Dragonite are always popular, so its no surprise to see this card attain a price point above $70 on the secondary market
The design changed drastically, becoming more consistent with MTG cards in appearance and layout