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Spot illos tucked in the back pages next to an Ani-mayhem ad were not nearly as desirable as a cover gig

The most valuable Umbreon cards typically include 1st Edition holographic cards from early sets, Gold Star variants, Alt Art cards from modern sets, and promotional cards with limited distribution

In Standard, even stuff as simple as Cogwork Wrestler and Lodestone Needle push us toward some kind of new archetype flash artifacts tempo

AR cards drove the illustration boom in Japanese Pokemon collecting starting around S11 Lost Abyss (2022) and have been the single most effective rarity for pulling new collectors into the JPN market