While Torracat's stats and typing (pure Fire-type) are a natural progression from Litten's, things change up a bit when they evolve into Incineroar, as they get a huge drop in Speed that is compensated by better defensive stats and HP as well as gains Dark as a secondary typing
Over time, this life buffer allows riskier lines without exposing the deck to sudden losses
Ten unique cards were created in total (Gyarados, Pikachu, Poliwag, Bulbasaur, Magikarp, Squirtle, Koffing, Chansey, Articuno, and Charmander), with only 20 copies per design
Other shadowless holos (Blastoise, Venusaur) in high grade run from the high hundreds into the low thousands of dollars, depending on grade
Its hard to blame Pokemon for leaning on Charizard so much when its continued to move cards so consistently for the last 20 years
Almost always, but not every Illustration Rare is a cozy card