High-demand cards like vintage holos, alternate arts, or low-population graded slabs deserve patient, confident pricing
As weak as it might sound, most decks dont operate well on basics alone, especially in EDH where the 3+ color players dont expect this effect
Plus, with new sets releasing every year, you never quite know what other anime-inspired designs might appear down the road
And these two cards have something that few cards that don't have - the iconic status - and it's very hard to take out a card like this. So, with Pikachu Illustrator having set a new high bar for the value of Pokmon cards - and achieving increasingly record sums despite not being as hard to find as other cards - could any card ever surpass the TCGs Holy Grail
49/82 Abra
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