This cap is somewhere around $70 or $75, which is the normal wholesale price of a booster box, although the actual expected value typically ends up closer to $50 or $60, depending on the set
Just make sure to get three energy cards on this card before you move it to the active Pokemon spot so you can attack right away, but even if you don't, it does have above average hp and a very low retreat cost
The makeup and card pool of the format changed several times before finally taking what is (more or less) its current form in July 1997 (with one core set and two blocks forming the Standard format)
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You can always cast the creature normally if you do, it doesnt gain haste or the card-draw-on-death ability, but you also dont have to sacrifice it at the next end step
With a total of 175 cards, rather than the 220+ that had become the norm (and be warned, Surging Sparks has a deranged 252, with an eye-watering 191 of them before the secret rares start), it feels manageable, collectible, and most importantly, is packed with completely gorgeous cards