I noticed that Lord A was priced just above the Sacred Unicorn on the Splinterlands Market just now, so I just idly clicked on the purchase price to see how much DEC it was... 12000, which just happened to be what I had in my account (most of it's safe in HE).
So I bought one. (I already have an L3, this is pure asset accumulation).
From a game play perspective, the only reason I can think of for why the Unicorn is priced anywhere near Lord A is because people are buying on the basis of how pretty-cute the cards are.
NB - I did check against the prices of other Legendary neutrals, and $88 seems pretty reasonable...
Lord A is the lowest mana card, and just still the best tank for those mid mana (20-25) battles.
The reason it feels nuts is that Lord A was a reward card back in the day, my L3 is basically free from reward drops!
I am losing the plot with price-reality - this doesn't even feel like a big deal.