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The PSA 10 basket shows the same idea from the opposite direction: graded prices fell together (one grading boom, one shared crash), so spreading out helped far less - the basket still went -36.7% deep and spent roughly four years underwater before the 2025 recovery pulled it out

You play Tishana's Tidebinder in response

Lightning Skelemental Lightning Skelemental combines two of my favorite cards into one neat trick

However, there is a reason this is outside of my top 5

While aristocrat decks often focus on an aggressive curve out, the lifegain that often comes with your Blood Artist effects and the card draw from cards like Deadly Dispute and High-Society Hunter allow them to grind very well

New promo cards, such as those found in special collections, also become legal two weeks after their release