durant pokemon card 2024 Ssp En-Surging Sparks 236 Ex Special Illustration Rare - PSA 9 Metal / 70 / Basic Attack 1 Pokemon Card Japanese Durant 068/086

First, damage output is the most obvious metric

It might just be fudged a little for show, but the confusing setup could also be pointing to a slightly different meta that is different from the one players know now

Marvin! I heartily apologize for being so blunt in my truth-telling

The other cards, while good, require you to pay mana for their effects

At tournament and casual play levels, the most expensive cards aren't much more expensive than any other game, and people who buy booster boxes today will often have a personal reason for choosing one card game over the other

It is always nice to have some cheap sacrificial bodies laying around