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(Youll see me refer to the late 90s a lot in this post, so Ill just let it be known now, that when I say the late 90s Im referring to 1998 -1999.) So, if you were actively buying card packs or begging your parents to buy them (like I was) every time they went out and you happened to obtain this card, you could be sitting on at least $10,000
Pull rate for SV8 SAR is approximately 1 per 3-4 booster boxes, and Pikachu is the headline SAR of the set (card #132/106)
You can have Indoraptor gobble up most of your board, and then cast the Breath to really turn a game on its head
It might not kill anything beyond tokens but returning everything with a cost is a huge setback that takes several turns to recover
These points give you a clear idea of why some cards become harder to find and gain stronger long-term value