Collectible and historical value : Early set cards or special print editions are especially sought after because they represent the origins of the game and carry symbolic significance for longtime fans
Pull Rates (era estimates) Illustration Rare (any) ~1 in 9 packs Ultra Rare (any) ~1 in 12 packs Special Illustration Rare (any) ~1 in 90 packs Specific SIR ~1 in 500600 packs Mega Hyper Rare ~1 in 1,0001,800 packs Based on Mega Evolution era community data
With enough mana, you can activate this ability multiple times in a single combat phase
If heads, your opponents Active Pokmon is now Paralyzed, and discard an Energy from that Pokmon
Where the real money hides in bulk is the cards that shouldn't be bulk the ones with actual collector value that got mixed in with the commons because nobody sorted the collection
Though it lost the title briefly, in July 2021 Logan Paul (yeah, that guy) spent $4 million on the only existing PSA 10 version of the card, getting the purchase accredited by Guinness World Records as the most expensive Pokmon card ever sold