Curiously, Pokmon cards seem to have been replaced by stickers when it comes to scalping, particularly 3D Bonbon Drop stickers
For many of them, it was the first time they'd been in a group of their peers
The Monsters II Razaketh, the Foulblooded as "Gore Magala, Dark Eclipse" Kalamax, the Stormsire as "Brachydios, Brutish Indigo" Wasitora, Nekoru Queen as "Nargacuga, Ever-Present Shadow" Amareth, the Lustrous as "Velkhana, Silver Sovereign" The second batch of Monsters is largely more of the same: massive creatures that are dinosaurs, demons, or dragons that could each headline a Commander deck
But since that would be my college degree going to waste, Ill reserve that gag only for encounters with card backs for which I have truly, absolutely nothing to say
Some of these spikes have targeted cards for purchase that were pretty tame and then in a post-spike world, the card retained some of its value