I imagine that colorless decks will take a lot of tuning to find the right balance between having enough big threats and being able to leverage Sea Gate Wreckage appropriately
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These are reprints from the first Lord of the Rings MTG set, with variably hard-to-read text, and they'll be in the main set, not a Secret Lair
Despite being worth money, its nowhere near the Charizard VMAX released in the Shiny Vault
To stop the transmute youd need a spell like Voidslime that can counter activated abilities, or a spell like Discontinuity that ends the turn while voiding the stack
As such, more modern cards can defy this trend, or even reverse it, and the Special Illustration Rare Terapagos ex from Stellar Crown is a perfect example of the latter