Not to the same extreme rate that Force Spike drops in power but in a format as explosive and powerful as the cube Mana Leak will be getting weaker faster than you might expect
The 2005 "Zolo Era" English sets are defined by a Parallel Holofoil system, where the "Gold Name" variants (1:48 packs) serve as the true vintage equivalents to modern Manga Rares
(Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Mamoswine - Water - HP180 Stage 2 - Evolves from Piloswine [W][C][C] Blizzard: 80 damage
I don't know if the designers would want this effect to be in Standard, necessarily, but it could potentially be slipped into a Commander precon deck
The older demographic is a necessity for the trading card world as the prices of sought-after cards continue to skyrocket, making them less accessible to younger collectors
Honestly, this is true for all difficult decks to play, and for all players (I am on week 2 of trying to learn to play Leviathan optimally even though it quickly became one of my favorite decks and taught me worlds about water control as a whole for other archtypes)