Powerbalance checks off all the relevant boxes for me: its a callback to an awesome card from years past, it forces interaction (in other words, makes me have to pay attention to the game), it gives you free stuff, and it allows for fun top-deck manipulation
The good news is that these types of price spikes mostly impact Reserved List cards (along with some older, low-supply non-Reserved List cards that suddenly become important to Commander), so while buyouts make the game more expensive, this is relatively narrow in who it impacts
It also doesn't matter how many artifact creatures are in its art, as long as there is at least one
Monkey.D.Luffy OP10-118 One Piece Royal Blood Keep track of your collection value over time
These are Basic Pokemon, which are usually unevolved and the weakest forms