While decks haven't quite reached Legacy prices, a thousand dollars is an eye-watering amount to justify spending on cardboard and that assumes that the format will be fun for the prospective player
Whether or not you should sell a golden chocobo is a tough answer, but if you must have an answer right away, I'd find the card grading service I trust the most, get the chocobo in a slab and hold onto it
A cards rarity, as the name hints, indicates how easy it is to get from booster packs
To the inevitable question: I cant say how it compares it to other card games, given Ive played zero traditional ones, but this, to me, stands out as a great introduction to the genre
I adapted to the job fairly easily after the Mabel card and I didnt have habits for the other animals I had to shake off. You've discussed animal stories like Redwall as top influences
You won't always be able to get both Madam Mim and Fairy Godmother to stick on the board long enough to pull this off, but with their reduced Shift cost of three and two-ink respectively, you'll likely get both of them down on the board at the same time fairly often