YouTubers, streamers, and the Pokemon Trading Card Game Of course, TCG YouTubers have always been a thing just look at maxmoefoe or PrimetimePokemon
Decks centered around aggressive strategies tend to use powerful, non-evolving Basics to reach their maximum strength early in the game, overwhelming their opponent
Although there have many Charizard cards that have been released throughout the course of the TCG history, this 1st Edition base set Shadowless Charizard is the Holy Grail of Pokemon cards, with the rapper Logic purchasing one for $226,000 in 2020
Many Orcust monsters have graveyard effects, so this cost only fueled the archetypes game plan
This changes a bit in glacially slow Constructed metas, where games are expected to last until turn 10+ on average
We know straight-up Counterspell is too good for most formats, but Cancel is too bad for people to be happy playing it anywhere To coax us into happily paying FIVE mana double that approximated value the upside attached to your counterspell has to be truly mind-popping
