Arsin88 #4 I really hope we get Pokemon Pinball at some point #5 Its all fun and games until someone rolls up with the turn 2 lugia vstar and sweeps your bulbasaur and friends deck #6 Don't let this distract you from the fact that Nintendo is famously aggressive against game preservation, specifically so they can have Directs like these, where half the games are remakes, HDs or just straight up in-house emulation
Modern was already entrenched as the most popular non-Standard format, old folks loved Legacy, and Pioneer was still very new
New collectors can walk in, get a feel for pricing, learn how condition varies from card to card, and see the hobby in person
And if you roll a 10 or higher, you get to double dip on the blink aspect, resulting in some potentially terrifying value swings
Publish it to go live and let the community seek it out
The value began falling again by mid-April, with a sudden spike in mid-May driving the price down to $283