Like most Flesh and Blood cards, the value of Bolt of Courage Red depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (Monarch)
This card is great when you counter a creature on curve, often game winning when you counter a legend and tempt your own creature, but awful when you hold up mana and opponent amasses or plays rally
While there are definitely more Topsun Charizards than Pikachu Illustrators , the fact still stands that this card is a very limited commodity, thanks to being available only in Japan and as part of the first print
An illustration featured on the front of a magazine garnered a lot of eyes and curbside-magazine-rack-appeal
Museum missions have returned too, including two for collecting each 1 Star card and another two for collecting each full art 2 Star card