They are usually weaker when the job shifts from what do I own? to what should I list this for tonight? Sellers looking for pricing confidence should compare market prices with sold results because completed sales show actual buyer behavior
For you get a flying 2/1 creature that can be flashed in
This makes for an explosive and repeatable finisher in go-wide decks
It's not clear if the man Victor used to be exists anymore, or if his mind has been completely scoured clean of his sense of self, reducing him to little more than a mindless husk that carries out Valgavoth's bidding
Still, that sad story perhaps endears Cubone to collectors, because its Topps card in this instance, a Sparkle treatment has recently sold for $1460
If you want to play a longer more mid-to-lategame style deck in Mono Red that interacts more with the table, well, it gets more challenging because it makes Mono Red's inherent weaknesses more glaring: subpar card draw and ramp, subpar answers to creatures, minimal options for enchantment removal, commander protection, and recursion, things that get more pronounced as the game progresses