booster packs pokemon in a box High Class Pack: Wild Force sv5K - Scarlet & Violet Pokémon Card Game Searing blue flames rip across a dark battlefield as Mega Charizard X ex soars up and looks down upon its opponents Pokemon Scarlet & Violet 151

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In the case of this card, it's because of how it uses the Cumulative Upkeep mechanic

(I did not make up any of those names, I swear.) People are hunting down cards with the fervor of gold-rush prospectors, debating values with the intensity of Wall Street traders, andI promise Im not making this up eitherarguing with actual charts that Pokmon cards are a better investment than the S&P 500

For a single mana, it triggers any leaves the battlefield ability, and you can activate it at instant speed to play around once per turn restrictions on cards like Kishla Skimmer

I assume this was because they didn't want it messing with combat but needed the card to be an instant for other modes, and because of the whole cycle being instants