Asking someone to suddenly do physical labor is the quickest way to make a card game unpopular, so no wonder this never became a popular archetype.
There are plenty of ways to get the most out of these non-Effect skeletons
On October 10, 2025, somebody bought 47 copies of Machamp in a single day, possibly betting that sales of the card would increase during Pokmons 30th anniversary year as Millennials became nostalgic for keepsakes from the old days
Feldons Cane is useful as both a sideboard and main deck card, in order to cycle through your discarded or destroyed threats and basic lands (that youve discarded to Lands Edge), and I have won very protracted games against hard control decks by decking them, simply because of the presence of a resolved Feldons Cane
Plus, its super soft and supple to the touchbut this can also leave it a little more vulnerable to scuffs and scratches than other material