Its unlikely that you will see people attack you through that, unless they have either small fodders of their own or creatures immune to Attrition (by having shroud, having hexproof, being black, being indestructible, or having protection)
You can also target it with your own auras and build a Voltron version that damages your opponents without the need to attack, not to mention heroic or combo payoffs
Demand exceeds typical secret rare levels due to iconic designs
(Pikachu, drawing on the Japanese onomatopoeia of pika and chu, was retained.) Soon enough, the character names, types and Pokdex numbers became shared internationally, allowing players the world over to connect through a shared Pokmon language
That said, we'd encourage you to at least hold a few Japanese cards before making a permanent decision