With 153 possible Master Ball mirrors, pulling a specific one requires extraordinary luck roughly 1-in-3,060 boxes
Helping to illustrate the risk-reward collector mindset, four raw sales on eBay from March to May were tracked, each in varying conditions: March 14: $3,100 March 23: $3,200 April 9: $3,850 May 22: $2,700 It is worth noting that there are two versions of this card: base/standard and Artist Proof
Its the first time in nearly 20 years that the Pokemon has been printed in a TCG set
Scalpers and investors trying to make money were able to take advantage of the market boom and bought up a large number of the remaining vintage sets
The negative impact of the price increase was predicted on forums when it was first announced, and the sentiment was shared by store owners who told us it "was not accepted well"
It requires artifacts and creatures with useful tap abilities to really take off, but theres an artifact deck out there just waiting for someone to put a spell on the stack