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There are currently only 3 ways to obtain the Lab Legendaries: from the Lab, which requires luck; from the Gem Collector, which is quite expensive; or from trading with other users.

Ditto should stay as a rare, not overhunted Pokémon, due to it’s ability to breed with most Pokemon. But for the others (Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres, Glastrier/Spectrier), I see no reason why they are so difficult to obtain.

Now, as they have been considered as “rare” for so long, I think it is best to not have the new methods affect the number on site / their value too much. Which is why I am limited to a few ideas, but if anyone has better ones, feel free to comment on the thread.

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The Galar rumble area is unlocked by spending 5k gems. At 20k gems spent, you unlock the ability to have battles with the Galar birds.

You can randomly encounter the shiny forms of the Galar Birds as an easter egg, but you don’t get anything from them. Maybe the shinies could drop Blue/Yellow/Red Feathers, which summon their Kanto forms. Assuming a 1/50 shiny chance, they’d be worth 150k (current Galar feather value) * 50 = 7.5M PD, so not too cheap, similar to gems.
Only issue I can see with this is users suddenly gaining 7.5M PD, so maybe they’re only obtainable after more gems spent at the Gem Collector, or X gems found at Galar, or a certain rumble level at Galar. Or possibly after completing you Kanto/Galar dex.
Maybe you'd have to trade X of the Galar feathers for one Kanto feather (upon defeating a shiny bird)
Or maybe the Kanto feathers wouldn't act as a summon, but grant you a one-time discount on their respective eggs from the Gem Collector.

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Glastrier and Spectrier could be boss battles at Galar (at a lower chance than the birds). This could be unlocked after completing the Galar dex, spending X gems, finding X gems, or a certain rumble level, same as above. They could either give summons or one-time discount items.

There was a suggestion to add Glastrier/Spectrier summons to the unreleased Silver Mystery Boxes. (This was before they were added to the lab). This could be still followed through, by adding Ultra Saddles and Celestica Flutes as more common items (see this suggestion).

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