It was probably with one more creature than your opponent, one better spell, or one key piece of interaction that wouldnt be there if you werent just slightly ahead in card advantage
He saw the value in this purchase because it had great cards suitable for budget decks
Its a bit unassuming, and you dont really want to try that hard to interact with it when its not a creature, unlike some of the better, kill-on-sight blink commanders like Brago, King Eternal
Participants were given a Machop card from EX Hidden Legends with a promotional City Championships stamp on it as well as a POP Series 1 2-card booster pack
One of the highest HP Pokmon ex around, combined with a relatively do-able 160 damage attack, is a powerful cocktail, but that's not even the best part: Jellicent is packing the best item-locking ability we've yet seen