This booster box is the best way to obtain this historic card and the Collector's packs even have a beautiful bordeless version available
Pokmon TCG is a game where it's hard to consistently place high, even when you're really good, all it takes is a little bit of bad luck or if you play a person that you don't really want to
Like most Pokmon cards, the value of Geodude depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (Generations)
Players can't respond to your choice of +1/+1 counter or haste, and they can't take actions while the creature is on the battlefield without one or the other
as such, the player can retrieve an important Character card which might have been trashed via the Leader effect
It becomes a Plant in addition to its other types