https://pirates-forum.org/Thread-ThePirateBay-Want-Trusted-VIP-Status-Pink-Green-Skull-See-Here
I already know, but I feel like this post belonged here. Trust the skulls, I have usually found original seeders seeding the torrent alone for years at time (1 seeder) and they get the job done.
Green Skull, Pink Skull, Number of seeders column (what else?) are the things you should care for while downloading torrents.
I don't really use it directly, but I have it as a source in radarr/sonarr so occasionally I get stuff from there. Hasn't let me down so far!