According to Goldfin Auctions, a complete set of the 1999 1st Edition Pokemon TCG was recently sold for an astounding $666,000 in total
Black appeals to players who like to feel like theyre getting away with something. Black allows for a lot of flexible resource management, being able to reanimate and sacrifice creatures at advantageous rates while generating bursts of mana, life, and card draw
The kami instructed them how to work together and dig trenches for irrigation, and when the waters came, the fields grew instead of drowning
Well, Im sure you can guess what this was given out for
And that is where basic market dynamics kick in: if on top of that the supply is low because it is a scarce card, if nobody wants to sell it, or if it had a single print run many years ago, then the price can skyrocket