While there's a bit of wiggle room that would lead you to wonder how long Raikou's lead over Suicune will last, this card will certainly remain among the best Generation Two cards for a while
For the franchise's 25th anniversary in 2021, there were 50 cards you could pull -- all 24 Starters plus Pikachu as both holo and non-holo cards
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Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's Land (CTRL to add secondary) Protection Bronze Guardian Double strike Ward (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .) Other artifacts you control have ward
Disclaimer time, these decks do have lands, just very very few
It also has two stars in the rarity field, which appears on only a small number of cards across the entire Pokmon Trading Card Game catalog.Why this specific copy is worth more than a house (or several)Here's the thing about the Pokmon Illustrator: not all 39 copies are equal