A lot of Scarlet and Violet sets are defined by a single marquee chase card with a steep drop-off in value after the number one spot, creating a market dynamic where pulling anything other than the headliner feels like a loss
It also has some of the most ridiculously convoluted sagas, which I know are nods to various Doctor Who episodes, but they end up being actual chores to read and play
Eeveelution cards are difficult to dethrone, as evidenced by some of the most valuable Evolving Skies cards, and this Sylveon likely won't give up the top spot soon
For the release of HGSS, Japan once again got the slots like we always had, while the rest of the world had them replaced with Voltorb Flip, and then BW didnt have a Game Corner at all
If we control for deck size by looking at the average card price from a top 10 most played deck, we'll see that things are a bit closer, with Pokmon being $2.73 per card to Magic 's $3.67, although Pokemon is still cheaper in a vacuum