With PRB-02, Bandai is reprinting top cards from earlier sets, which will be legal in Standard, and is already pushing prices down by as much as 40% in some cases
Within a Snow-focused build, it deals three damage, instead of two, providing additional value for its single-mana cost
Limited editions and high-class sets may cost more
I've been positively surprised by the way in which PTCG has surpassed this obstacle, and that is, balancing prices around collecting rather than playability
Reading through various materials online, we can assume that the first Charizard on the left can be dated around July 1996 (CoroCoro August 1996), the second one is from March 1996 (according to information from a playtester as reported by CGC), while the third is the Charizard released with the Base Set on October 20, 1996
Shes a reasonably-powered alternative to Hiram that achieves the draw and item-cycling without inflated stats