why pokémon cards are so expensive Expensive? why are these so expensive?

Introduced in Modern Horizons 3, Ripple Foil proves that new forms of Foils will always fetch a high price

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Id be happy to be proven wrong, but Weenie is not the best shell for the Humans deck

I do wanna note that most decks do have an answer, or a shred Pokemon like Duraludon VMAX [Crown Zenith], but sometimes you can catch some decks that dont have an answer