Case in point, a near-mint Illustrator Pikachu Pokmon card sold for $375,000 in February 2021
Seven mana is steep, but this plan may only really work in the late game anyway, so its easily worth it
GX, EX, and V cards are always valuable as they can deliver hard-hitting attacks, which is what often earns them spots on the strongest Pokmon Trading Card Game teams
The secondary-market demand for Commander staples is evergreen, meaning foil versions retain value far better than Standard-legal cards that rotate or fall out of favour when the meta shifts
AZ: I am very one dimensional in terms of goalsI am entirely process driven and my carrot is the tiny occasional breakthroughs in my understanding of seeing and painting
This deck can sometimes be challenging to play, but has the potential for some powerful turns if you play your cards in the right order