Some ultra-valuable cards on the infamous Reserved List are the priciest of all, such as the Power Nine and the original Alpha dual lands, but those are special cases
Resculpt does the same as Pongify, also at instant speed, but youll have to pay more and your opponent gets a 4/4, which is a bit more threating than the ape
Third-party sellers complicate the picture Walmart Marketplace allows third-party sellers to list Pokmon cards alongside Walmart's own inventory
JPN secondary market (SNKRDUNK, Card Rush, major retailers)
Including a Basic Pokemon allows you to hit your opponent and take a few hits without compromising the Pokemon that you want to land the finishing blows
The deck had an amazing resource loop because each of its main deck monsters added a "Gouki" card from the deck to the hand