While Pokemon have been featured in gorgeous pieces of cardboard, a lot of value is also found in Pokemon Trainer cards, specifically Supporter Trainer cards
Unlike other sources of ramp, like creatures or artifacts that tap for mana, lands are very difficult to remove from the battlefield, and unlike temporary ramp, like Dark Ritual, extra lands continue to provide an advantage turn after turn
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If you're playing CEDH and trying to win on turn three it's a massive problem because you need essentially every land to come into play untapped, but in more casual games the drawback is negligible especially compared to the upside of having powerful spells in your land slot
The card tapped into the collectors love for the original gen 1 Charizard card and created an opportunity for a select few to own a new and revived version