lumineon v pokemon card (SWSH250) Sealed Trainer Deck (56 ct.) - Pokémon TCG Water Types PSA 9 Lumineon V 156/172

Surge's Raichu #11Holo Rare $78.64 Blaine's Charizard #2Holo Rare $594.19 Erika's Clefairy #40Uncommon $9.16 Giovanni's Nidorino #45Uncommon $2.49 Rocket's Mewtwo #14Holo Rare $245.14 Giovanni's Nidorina #44Uncommon $2.50 Koga's Muk #26Rare $12.09 Sabrina's Kadabra #58Uncommon $4.76 Giovanni (18) #18Holo Rare $45.22

In a verifiably real interview with TIME magazine back in November 1999, Tajiri explains how his original idea for Pokmon came from his childhood hobby of catching insects

Towards the back half of 2023, though, the same graded edition of the Pokemon card has sold for as low as $106

Presumably, he's not playing a deck with Black or White cards, huh

As far as being able to grab cards from exile, this adds neat corner case scenarios to cards like Wish

Of the five "base" color combinations combining adjacent colors, this is, by far, my favorite combination for drafting a generic unknown environment such as a random Cube, as well as Abedraft, a draft with every card ever printed