This was the first Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) offering to include rare and valuable Crystal cards, which are the e-Series equivalent of Shining cards
Assume you use PSA Value Bulk ($24.99) with $15 in shipping costs: Total grading cost: ~$40 If the PSA 10 premium is 50%: your card needs to be worth at least $80 raw to break even If the PSA 10 premium is 75%: break-even drops to around $55 raw Since JPN cards hit PSA 10 at higher rates (60-80%), the expected value calculation favors grading
Charizard's Stats: Type: Fire Stage: Stage 2 Generation: Gen 1 HP: 180 Retreat Cost: 2 Colorless Energy Attacks: Slash and Crimson Storm Slash: 60 damage, costs 1 Fire Energy and 2 Colorless Energy Crimson Storm: 200 damage, costs 2 Fire Energy and 2 Colorless Energy Discard 2 Fire Energy from this Pokemon after using Crimson Storm Admittedly, Charizard can be a difficult card to get into play
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh (2017), Arclight Phoenix (2018), and Emry, Lurker of the Loch (2019)
Her Uncommon variant (check out our guide to Pokemon Card Rarities for more insight) is, to say the least, much more reasonable price-wise, with its current average cost being around $0.24
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