Draco Meteor costs four Energy, one Water, one Electric, and two Colorless, but can dish out a total of 200 points of damage
That meant every constructed deck needed 12 rares (those plus Caves of Koilos) and with Vindicate being a good 15 a go and the others not being cheap combined with the fact that no one had spare to lend as they were all running their copies was an issue for cheapskate old me
An everyday common rarely earns back its grading cost, whereas a clean, scarce card can return many times the outlay
Like Pokmon Facebook groups, these channels are niche spaces, allowing you to sell to experts that may value your card more than the average person
(I dont understand why, when the localization team is so fond of adding parentheticals, theyd remove one that was already there?) Theres actually a secret rare Tentaquil card in the upcoming 30th Anniversary set with a similar attack