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While data on TCGPlayer remains scarce for Japanese cards, Sightseer's value is no fluke, though her stranglehold on the throne will likely slip over time

Card Draw For Counter-related goodies, we've got Inspiring Call which holy moly is this card ridiculous, but also other goodies like The Great Henge and Tezzeret's Gambit

limiting the number of trainer cards played or factoring in a pokemons strength and weakness when attacked, that would have been too much for beginner players

Nyx Lotus is a little expensive at four colorless mana, but it taps for mana equal to your devotion to the color of your choice

Discounting the legal aspects of the entire situation, this argument rings hollow, mostly because it's not just expensive cards that are being counterfeited