They are scooping up X & Y era chase cards while they can, and prices are reflecting that rush with several iconic Megas doubling or even tripling since the start of the year
The deck then features a number of incredibly powerful creatures, many of which have strong secondary abilities including Surge Engine (unblockable, card draw), Rootwire Amalgam (massive creature token), Obstinate Baloth (life gain), Boulderbranch Golem (life gain), Rust Goliath (Reach, Trample), and Su-Chi Cave Guard (Ward, Vigilance, additional acceleration)
Trading Cards as an Investment in Japan By the early 2000s, pretty much every popular anime, manga, and video game had its own trading card game in Japan
Being able to dig up a land in white felt so good
Accruing longer advantages and interaction are key to this archetype as a control deck
I'll add below three bizarre cards from this set: As expected, there's this disproportionate, melted Chansey created by Tomozaku Komiya , besides the ones mentioned above