Being active longer allows Palossand to use its Sand Sink move to dump cards from the opposing trainer's deck into their discard pile, potentially ridding them of powerful pokemon or other cards integral to their strategies
When discussing surface condition, you are only considering the underlying materials that make up the card and not the printing contained on or under those materials
You also get to dip your toes in all the best interaction in format, including but not limited to Wash Away, Swords to Plowshares, Farewell, and Memory Lapse
They are easy to understand, provide balanced play options, and allow learning core mechanics such as DON
Making these especially noteworthy is how a few of the cards depicted moments not included in the theatrical cut of the film (years before a Directors Cut of the flick was a gleam in anyones eye)