Players, rather than collectors, may be better suited by this cards less expensive, more common variantssuch as card 151 of the 165 card set, which sells at a much more reasonable average of around $9
This is also in line with my general experience of tuning decks for cEDH, which is that I basically just always lower the curves of all my decks over time (which is why I suspect Hermit over Archmage is just skipping a step)
[1] If a face-up "D/D/D" card or "Dark Contract" card you control is destroyed, except "D/D/D Rage King Zero Machinex", while this card is face-up in the Extra Deck (even during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card, then you can destroy 1 card on the field
Budew is a Grass/Poison Pokemon
In the end I settled for the card Thundering Mightmare (Link: scryfall.com/card/voc/37/thund ) since it attaches itself to another creature and buffs them up (Which is what Aj did, more or less, when showering Twilight and Spike with her "Southern Hospitality" back in the very first episode)