>>56505344Probably a combination of multiple factors
>easier to get in some gens (60%-65% in rippling water in BW/B2W2), harder in others (1% rate in Brooklet Hill, 5%-10% if it's bubbling water in SM/USUM)>remakes added a guaranteed spot>just not doing the damn research ("It's a Magikarp reskin so it must be just as common!")If people somehow have no idea about Feebas' evolution (which itself is a dogshit troupe, fuck "muh seekrit meta knowledge"), then Feebas would at least be a collector's shitmon like farfetch'd or chimecho or glameow. Alternatively, someone sells bred Feebas for a somewhat expensive but not totally outrageous price so they'd be "common" if you know where to look.