For 1 Colorless Energy, you can deal 20 damage with its Dash Attack, and since it only has 1 Retreat cost, you can easily get out of the Active spot without needing the Speed Link ability for the retreat cost reduction
Collecting trading cards has never been a particularly fiscally responsible hobby but, in the current climate where money for entertainment - especially entertainment like trading cards, where you can literally buy a pack and get nothing you wanted - is going to be so limited, Pokmon is making it harder than ever to catch 'em all
Realistically, you can play Destiny Board without those cards, as they don't aggregate enough for the wincon and can even be used as an engine in other decklists
Put simply, there's a lot going on with this card
Yes, you can activate it early on by sacrificing your creature tokens, but these types of decks usually don't run cards that cost more than three to four mana