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3 Alakazam: Base Set First Edition (Holo Rare) $209.88 The First Of Its Kind Sometimes, it's hard to surpass the original, with this iconic illustration of Alakazam standing tall as one of the Pokemon's most valuable cards

Less commonly collected but special versions do exist

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*Buy Cinccino ex #119 cards on TCGPlayer or eBay Mega Dragalge ex #118 (Chaos Rising, Special Illustration Rare) Dragalge is the sets second-string Mega chase, but do not let that label fool you, because the card is gorgeous

This Promo card is numbered 29/49 in the set