For example, the Rayquaza Poncho-wearing Pikachu Special Box (released in 2016) now sells for US$3,000+, while individual cards like Mega Tokyos Pikachu can fetch US$5,000+ while other less expensive Pikachu wearing cards like SM-P 038 can fetch US$800+
Ultra Prism Elite Trainer Box
Pokemon Card Game Japanese 151 SV2a Booster Pack (Japanese) - 3 Packs - 21 Cards Total
Naively, I assumed victory would be a doddle considering Id played at least a dozen games against CPU opponents in the Online TCG app, but after a shake of hands and not five minutes later, hed taken all four of his prize cards and won the game
They've gone from being a somewhat underwhelming and underutilised mechanic in Ixalan to something that borders on being broken thanks to the likes of cards like Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
(This is the same reason I've stopped playing Phyrexian Arena in Standardit's just too risky with Sheoldred being so heavily played.) In Modern, the card could be a Seismic Assault replacement and does have the huge, huge upside of only requiring one red mana (although it does cost one more mana overall), but is it going to be fast enough