Fang said Pokmon cards behave less like traditional financial assets and more like art, deriving value not from cash flow, or the ability to generate income, but from scarcity, cultural appeal and organic demand. A market for collectibles forms when there are groups of people willing to pay a specific price for an item, and its sustained when the demand for that item attracts new buyers
Each time he banishes something, even if he's the one being challenged, he'll also get to deal two damage to another character
Princess decks are also getting more viable
This would open up the ability for a lot more people to get into Vintage and Legacy formats, and would codify the use of cards like gold-bordered Gaeas Cradle for Commander decks
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