Given as a trophy card to finalists of the Pokmon World Championships held in Anaheim, California during August 2006, in order to claim the card, players had to gain entry to the tournament by collecting enough points to qualify and then make it into the finals of their divisions
Being able to sac one of your own Gobby tokens in order to destroy an opponents powerhouse artifact combo piece or game-warping colorless permanent is quite an impactful trade-off, so if you keep losing to Chimil, the Inner Sun or The Immortal Sun (or other, non-Sun-related artifacts), nab a copy of this bruiser and profit mightily
Final Thoughts Sheldon Menery, founding member of the Commander Rules Committee and Godfather of our format, recently wrote a column about what he sees as his top 5 concerns for the health of our format
Its a very strong card in Limited, is never bad, and can do a lot of work in Constructed, too
In the broader dataset, Japanese inventory and promo cards show up repeatedly among top performers, and they often sell separately from their English equivalents at healthy prices
I think of the available legendary creatures in the deck, this one provides the most consistent gameplay playing out of the box, but it's worth discussing the four other legends that can lead it into battle
