Even the ethereal watercolor-anime style borderless printing with art by Minoru & Kei Satsuki costs only about $5 with the base version of Venat hovering around the $1.50 mark
Long-term value : Some Japanese promos, like the original Pikachu Illustrator or 2000s-era Gold Stars, have become legendary
Honestly, based on pulling more packs of Japanese Pokmon sets than English, I'm fully convinced that even the basic physical quality is much higher - so much so that it's almost an entirely different (Pok) ball game
Compare that to the last horsemens approximately 100 million
Numbers made possible also thanks to the great European demand, where Germany , United Kingdom and even Italy lead the ranking of countries still faithful to the Pokmania which exploded in the late 90s and remained intact thanks to a network of enthusiasts who over the years have collected and preserved what has become a real treasure over time
But perusing recent tournaments, some strange combinations appear in the top five: decks starring Pokmon I would never have even considered like Togekiss/Florges or Skarmory/Farfetch'd
