The most valuable World Championship 2005 card is Lombre #45, currently worth about $26 raw
YouTube celeb Logan Paul famously spent over $5 million on a copy of the near-mythically rare Pikachu Illustrator in 2021, the largest sum ever spent on a Pokmon card
Normally that could make the games annoying to play or very luck dependent but with this format and the large card pool, it means you need to adjust your strategy based on what you get
This tells me that Noah Bradleys other contributions are likely undervalued in foil, and that his Mountain and Island are probably the best non-foil specs in this cycle at the moment
Players jokingly call it Magic's first Planeswalker, since it's got three abilities and has such an outsized impact
A graded slab protects your card from further damage, verifies its authenticity permanently, and condition is everything when it comes to long-term value