Im leaving aside payoffs that care specifically about Blood tokens, Incubator tokens, and Zombie tokens for similar reasons
As the Pokemon TCG has grown in popularity, the competitive viability of the card has some impact but it remains largely these three areas that dictates a cards value
Foundations Foundations play boosters get extra power to their rank because they resist to rotation out of Standard more than any other set, a bit like that video game console with the promise of backwards compatibility
While the "legend rule" doesn't apply to creatures you control, you can control any number of legendary creatures with the same name and none of them will be put into the graveyard
Obviously you are looking for at least one two-drop to eliminate the chance youre completely dead in the water
The limited availability of items in the set, coupled with high demand, is fueling scalping issues in the Pokemon TCG market