1st edition pokemon booster box Vintage Fossil Pokémon Pack Dragonite and Articuno Team Rocket - Booster Pack

This limit forced players to make a critical strategic choice during deck building: which single powerful effect was worth the slot

Run two in every deck, and use it before Professors Research for maximum effect

At 12,000 ($85), its a strong secondary chase driven by the popularity of both dragon legendaries and the Tag Team mechanic

When combined with other cards, this strong mythical Pokmon also led to players going second to start their first turn with no cards in hand

Illustrated by Keisuke Azuma, the Ultra Rare tops out the rarity ceiling for this card entirely, which has kept secondary market heat relatively low compared to the Mega ex cards in the set that do have SIRs

High demand + low supply = cards like Sliver Hive spiking to $50