Together, these confirmed sale records show where the highest end of Pokmon collecting currently sits, with trophy cards, early Japanese history, iconic Charizard demand, perfect-grade scarcity, and one-of-one provenance driving the biggest numbers in the hobby
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Of course, Im enough of a maniac to play Cascade Wurm, Bituminous Blast, and Bloodbraid Elf in the same deck: "Crazy Cascading Ketita" Creatures (14) 2 Enlisted Wurm 4 Baneslayer Angel 4 Bloodbraid Elf 4 Sprouting Thrinax Planeswalkers (2) 2 Ajani Vengeant Spells (18) 2 Path to Exile 3 Bituminous Blast 3 Lightning Bolt 3 Day of Judgment 3 Maelstrom Pulse 4 Captured Sunlight Lands (26) 1 Plains 2 Forest 2 Mountain 2 Swamp 2 Marsh Flats 2 Sunpetal Grove 2 Verdant Catacombs 3 Arid Mesa 3 Rupture Spire 3 Savage Lands 4 Jungle Shrine Captured Sunlight, for instance), but this is what came up when I Googled Four-Color Cascade Control. In a time when Jund was the only real deck, I saw a similar list in the Magic Online dailies and declared, Im playing that at FNM. This was probably among the most fun decks Ive ever played, mostly because all your cascades were insane
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Breya, Master of Etherium 6 So this thing gets cheated in quite a lot despite being a whole two mana less than the things I typically deem the cheapest you can go and still feel like you are getting something good at the end of it
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While that set mostly focuses on Gen I and II Pokemon, the sneaky inclusion of Hoenn starters like Torchic adds a fun twist
The biggest sign of a real card is the texture looking how it should, but admittedly, some of the Bubble Mews were textureless, meaning they're an error or 'misprint' and can sometimes go for higher value depending on the seller