In my opinion, green has always been setup the best for sets with devotion as it often has cards with the most coloured mana symbols
If you believe price manipulation through highly-marketable sales is a "conspiracy theory", I'll direct you to a video by Karl Jobst on the recent spike in video game sales
This does not include reprints of the same Regulation Mark, but will consider when cards have been reprinted with new ones, making them still legal going forward
One option is to swap it out for a Koffing or Weezing as soon as possible, preferably using X Speed to avoid getting behind on energy
You just arent forced to sacrifice them the same turn that you create them, which helps you to survive a match against a deck that plans to go even wider than you
Still, you should prioritise the cheapest ones