Add to this the fact that it was a card given away at a convention not specializing in TCGs, and few have kept it in perfect condition (potential CCC 10)
So, Valgavoth is a little tricky to run, because you will need to pay attention to when life-loss is triggered, and it must be on anyone elses turn but yours
Japanese Mystical Archive Cards and Silver Scroll Foil Cards Brain Freeze $70.56 Armageddon $59.98 Empty the Warrens $16.74 All cards in the Mystical Archive (SOA) can be found with alternative Japanese-style art and text
Anrakyr the Traveller Like I said earlier, needing to attack to trigger is really not what you want to be doing
Basically, we show players a book with all the cards from the set and ask them to pick out their favorites based on different criteria (mechanics, art, flavor text, etc.) One of the questions we asked for the Invasion godbook study was what are the best cards in the set based on mechanics (or game play)
Its very likely that excitement for this cards competitive viability is helping drive this cards value in addition to a general excitement for Gargoyles in general