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Scrunch gives the player a 50/50 chance every turn to protect Chansey from damage, and therefore preserves its 120 HP
Choco, Seeker of Paradise barely cracks 50 cents, while Traveling Chocobo is one of a couple bonus cards whose reprint value exceeds $25 ($29 in this case)
Synergy aside the consistency Looting offers is really too much to turn down in cube, as soon as you have discard and graveyard synergies enhancing it the card shoots to a premium and could be argued as reds best card
Perhaps it's an additive thing and Kastral used up many of the copies in circulation, allowing Keeper to spike now
Depends, do you consider Battle of Wits a competitive deck