Ire Shaman (Dragons of Tarkir, 2015) tried to push this, but it never really worked out either
You want to deep dive even further
If you do decide to spend real money on Pok Gold, try to wait until there is an exclusive bundle available so you receive some unique items and Pok Gold, making the purchase a little more worth it
Instead of trying to complete massive Pokdex collections, or master setting a whole collection, you can focus on smaller themes like birds, fossils, insects, plants, or rocks and minerals
many of these cards were handled and played with, causing tiny surface scratches, bent edges and other types of damage to the card that would devalue it
There was no confusing a Hitmonchan ex with an older iteration of the punchy Kanto pal