The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common
That became "Costco discontinued Pokemon" in collector circles
Graded Card Compression High-population graded cards experiencing significant pressure: Recent full arts (PSA 10) losing 30-50% value from peaks Modern alternate arts with 1,000+ PSA 10 pop counts declining steadily Grading premiums shrinking as raw card prices fall Turnaround times creating risk (card values dropping during grading period) Key insight: When raw cards are plentiful and cheap, graded premiums compress unless the card has true long-term demand fundamentals
The first Pokmon cards: The Bandai Carddass Before the official Pokmon cards of the Base Set were introduced by The Pokmon Company, the Japanese company Bandai released a series of cards called Bandai Carddass
Still, it meets our criteria, even if the artifact half is lacking
I've added a picture here to show an original and a proxy side by side just to show how hard it is to notice the difference once the cards are sleeved