For me, the tipping point is in the card type creatures are just much better than sorceries, adding the utility of attacking and blocking, paying sacrifice and convoke costs and everything else you need a body for in Magic
This first era also includes the Base Set 2 Charizard, a reprint with lower collector value, and the Expedition Base Set Charizard from 2002, an e-Reader card with wider borders that could be scanned using a Nintendo e-Reader for the Game Boy Advance
Estimated pull-rate highlights (per pack) ACE SPEC Rare: ~1 in 20 packs (TCGplayer) Illustration Rare: ~1 in 13 packs (ThePriceDex) Special Illustration Rare: ~1 in 85 packs (ThePriceDex) Hyper Rare: ~1 in 139 packs (ThePriceDex) Collector note: if youre only chasing the absolute top-end (SIR/Hyper), Temporal Forces can feel tough but the ACE SPEC layer softens the pain a bit
Bone Miser Bone Miser is a nice role-player in black strategies interested in discarding cards, since youll either get 2 mana, a 2/2 Zombie, or an extra card
Etali, Primal Storm
And if that is anything to go by in terms of big value, then look no further than this new Fairy pair