Strange cards like Dudunsparce have found their way into some decks as odd consistency pieces, while Pidgeot ex allows places to add any card from their deck to their hand once per turn
At the time, a few cards helped this by turning into a pseudo-turbo-fog deck: Darkness , Dawn Charm, Pollen Lullaby, and Sudden Spoiling as well as board wipes Damnation and Wrath of God, with Magus of the Tabernacle for tokens
Stella Lee offers an awesome amount of card advantage for a 3-mana card
Pull rate from Rare Packs: 2.56% The estimated pull rate for Mankey (Wisdom of Sea and Sky) from a Rare Pack is approximately 2.56%, meaning you might need to open around 40 Rare Packs to obtain it
Two dead Zombies before it, and youre talking about a 4/4 with incredible implied upside if it stays on the battlefield
Then it becomes one of the best mass removal spells in the game when you hit 7 mana and can be used to steal games you are behind in easily