Pokemon cards are at their highest value right now, attracting investors like Kevin OLeary, celebrities like Logan Paul, collectors, and new hobbyists trying to get in on the hype
Vivid Voltage offered the possibility of an Amazing Rare in place of the Reverse, and Shining Fates offered the chance of a Shiny Vault card in that same slot
Times Pokemon hasn't released starter pokemon that belong in the same trio in consecutive sets: Torterra(Temporal Forces) Infernape( Twilight Masquerade) No Empoleon for Stellar Crown Rillaboom(Twilight Masquerade) Cinderace( Stellar Crown) No Inteleon for Surging Sparks Mega Greninja (Chaos Rising) Mega Delphox( Pitch Black) The only Mega Chesnaught card Pokemon could make if they wanted to squeeze it in would be fighting type MarlinRimes AHOY
And I believe they helped evolve it beyond that original framing too
Lillies Clefairy ex (Special Illustration Rare) embed::[[Lillies Clefairy ex (sv9-184)]] Like a snapshot straight out of Pokmon Journeys: The Series, this card Lillies Clefairy ex special art rare is something of a time capsule back to the Sun and Moon era
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