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While its price is relatively cheap compared to some of the other best Ho-Oh cards, the Ho-Oh ex can command over $100 in near-mint (NM) condition, with a lightly played (LP) copy selling for $99.99

From Dinosaurs to MTG reprints and everything in between, here are the most expensive cards within the Lost Caverns of Ixalan set

Parker highlights the Protection mechanic as one of the games greatest offenders the high-level concept made flavor sense to designers in the early 90s, but the many layers of minutiae developed in the decades since has muddied this mechanic beyond its original intent

A lot of these players will look for cards in worse condition knowing that they will be played with rigorously and lose their value anyways

But here's the rub: collecting cards is really only a part of the game's wider, cyclical mechanical journey

It's particularly aggravating because Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty otherwise does a good job of balancing cards for other formats