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Yes, rarity matters, but a card's financial value is driven by two things: collectability and playability

Acid-Free, PVC-Free Pages: A decade from now, or two, your mint Charizard still looks like the day you pulled him

The entire proliferate mechanic revolves around adding a counter of a type the card already has, so any card with proliferate will work better than Parallax Inhibitor

One of my favorite interactions is how wish spells apply to subgames

The flavor text does not have anything to do with gameplay

With so many rarities and parallels sets, its reasonable to assume that most, if not all, packs you open will have something sparkly inside