Prepare to encounter legendary Pokemon, mythical creatures, and beloved favorites as you open each pack with anticipation and excitement
Since 1995, people all over the world have been collecting Pokmon trading cards
This screams "build a deck around me," so it's no surprise that many players have decided to do just that, bolstering its price in the process
(The lack of easily-readable text meant that the card was banned from Standard tournaments for two decades, before a 2019 reprint rescinded the ban - as long as the player brought along a copy of the cards official card database entry.) Despite the absence of readable text, a fairly obvious typo in the little text that does appear - the copyright information along the bottom edge of the card - makes the first printing of the Japanese card even rarer
That standard exists for one reason: the chase cards in a set carry a foil layer that makes a hit-bearing pack slightly heavier, and anyone with a cheap jewelry scale can sort a batch and skim the winners out before the rest ever reaches a shelf
