You can get a ton of value out of this early on in a game, and it also scales beautifully late

Base set : The base set has no official symbol Number of cards: 102 Release date: January 9, 1999 Abbreviation: BS Jungle : Tropical flower symbol (like the rafflesia) Number of cards: 64 Release date: June 16, 1999 Abbreviation: JU Fossil : Dinosaur-like footprint Number of cards: 62 Release date: October 10, 1999 Abbreviation: FO Base Set 2 : Pok Ball in the center of a 2 Number of cards: 130 Release date: February 24, 2000 Abbreviation: B2 Team Rocket : R symbol Number of cards: 83 Release date: April 24, 2000 Abbreviation: TR Gym Heroes : Stadium seat symbol inside a teardrop shape Number of cards: 132 Release date: August 14, 2000 Abbreviation: G1 Gym Challenge: Darkened stadium seat symbol inside a teardrop shape Number of cards: 132 Release date: October 16, 2000 Abbreviation: G2 Meet the wikiHow Experts Emchompite is a Pokmon collectibles expert who creates engaging and informative content about the Pokmon card collecting space

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The second is a two-drop 2/2 in the Gruul colors, so it's on-curve and it drops your Red and Green stuff by one color each
Other copies with a similar grading sold as recently as August for thousands less, so what caused the sudden spike in price