I've been looking at card market data APIs like TCGdex that could pull recent sold prices and active listings for the same card, with the goal of suggesting a number based on actual market data rather than my best guess
This means climbing up the ranks to participate in larger tournaments or helping around as a member of the events staff
It does, however, mention vanilla creatures, or creatures with no abilities, and Bears excel at being boring, bumbling 2/2 tokens with no other text to speak of
Pearl Lake Ancient is the kind of card Id only run if Im looking to fill the last slots of my deck, I already have one sitting around, and I dont feel like shelling out money for a Serpent of Yawning Depths or something
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Pokemon: Sword and Shield may have introduced the frankly grotesque Eternamax Eternatus, but back in my day the strongest Pokemon was always Mewtwo