Other Atlantean monsters with similar effects make it possible to strengthen your field efficiently
Removing their Characters or using "OP07-051 Boa Hancock" to obstruct them will let you go on the attack
The real reason for Machamps lower value comes down to how it was distributed: since every 2-Player Starter Set included a 1st Edition Machamp, supply was much higher from the start
The cards are almost entirely customisable, allowing you to pick your pets Pokmon type (fire, grass, water, lighting, psychic, fighting, colourless, steel, dark and fairy) as well as its Pokmon species (including everything from feline to Legendary)
Power is even more condition dependent than the rest of these cards, and the price of a Mox or a Lotus rises and falls by hundreds of dollars based on a single scratch or scuff