Professional grading companies such as PSA, Beckett, and CGC inspect every detail and assign ratings from 1 to 10
Recently, the price difference between English and Japanese sets has been fairly close, but before the hype
And there's a lot you can do with a few Rat tokens
The Full Face Guard tool provides decent defenses on its own, reducing the damage Oinkologne takes by 30, while Lake Acuity reduces it by a further 20 if they have any Fighting or Water energy attached
Mostly it sees play as a game ending threat in EDH, where it pumps entire boards of creatures up to empressive base stats (usually with some +1/+1 counters on top) to swing in for lethal
Competitions banned this Sneasel card in this Wizards of the Coast-era expansion set for the absurd damage potential it could realize so early in a game