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Prior to the sale of the 1998 holo Pikachu, the first edition shadowless holographic Charizard was the most expensive, selling for $369,000 USD

This means that while you're never guaranteed to find a particular card in a booster pack , each pack has multiple chances to get a particular card in lower rarities but only one chance to get a specific Rare or Mythic Rare

Sounds simple, but this is genuinely the best way to start

While there are interesting build paths, this commander is rather slow

Tons (probably the vast vast majority) of people who are super into collecting have literally 0 nostalgia/desire to collect non set cards so to say certain trophies are iconic is probably not gonna pass