Longer resale time: Expect 3 to 6 months to sell a high-end French card at market price, versus 1 to 2 weeks for an equivalent English card
It is also not about value for mana but value for card and while a 2G 2/2 is pretty comparably crap to a 1G 1/1 a 2/2 comes a lot closer to being worth a card than a 1/1 does
Furthermore, if you enjoy "rogue" lists, Wailord can be a viable Water attacker, particularly with Baxcalibur PR-SV 19
For some, that's going to disqualify it from contention, but we've seen stall decks in the past that don't mind sitting back behind a Druddigon and letting your opponent's Pokmon tire themselves out while they build up
The set drew from across the entire Sword and Shield timeline, pulling artwork and card designs from sets like Astral Radiance, Brilliant Stars, Lost Origin, Silver Tempest, and more, creating a greatest-hits collection that gave collectors one last chance to chase the cards that defined the generation