Once an enemy Pokmon faints, the player's Pokmon that were involved in the battle receive a certain number of experience points (EXP)
Over the course of the 2025 Pokmon TCG World Championship, multiple competitors were effectively locked out of playing the game as intended due to key parts of their deck ending up in their Prize Cards
Although very powerful effects on the whole they generally don't have much baring on the cards overall viability
Then when another Phoenix dies, you can cast this from your graveyard, so it self-recurs like other Phoenixes
For everything else your holos, your alt arts, your chase pulls, anything you'd even think about grading one day the answer the community keeps coming back to is ringless side-load binders and toploaders
During this era, the number of Secret Rares in sets has ballooned and now includes Rainbow Rare VMAX, Alternate Art VMAX, Rainbow Rare Trainers (we'll get to those in another installment), Gold Trainer Items, Gold Energies, and Gold Shiny Pokmon.