Scarcity plays a big role: As a special set, its print run is finite, leading to shortages amid Kanto hype from games like Legends: Z-A
Collecting Tips from the Counter After watching thousands of Pokmon transactions come through our store, here are a few things we have learned that most online guides will not tell you: Buy singles for your collection, sealed for long-term holds
The main reasons I felt comfortable purchasing them were: The cards feel authentic (surface texture and typical stiffness/flex) The 1st Edition stamp does not appear to be printed on top of the card All four cards passed a basic light test (using my iPhone 15 flashlight) From the side, the cards show an authentic-looking layered core (greyblackgrey) The text on all cards is crisp and clean HP font, lack of shadow (shadowless), copyright line (including dates), energy symbol placement, etc
I've likely only scratched the surface of what you can do with this deck
These were brought over to the TCG as Ancient and Future cards and gave us some fantastic abstract artwork but were relatively short-lived as a mechanic
