gold water energy pokemon card 279/193 Listed cards may have imperfections. Are these cards actually rare?

You can play it in decks that want lands in their hand for discard fodder, like Borborygmos Enraged

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The original cards were released in 1998, and you can clearly see that they are heavily using the original illustrations from that era, which will appeal to the current 30+ sleeper Pokmon fans

A 3/3 Goblin Artificer for four mana, Shattergang Brothers can be used to pay three mana to sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or creature

And, sure, this kind of play pattern will absolutely paint a huge target on your back, but when you're out there representing a Phyrexian Praetor, playing nice was never really part of the game plan