Its hard for opponents to deal with the cascade trigger, so a cascade card is sort of like getting two cards for the cost of one
From searching around on auction sites, Ive cobbled together a list of claimed dates and prices the Pikachu Illustrator has fetched over the years: Early 2000s: $23,000 May 8, 2014: $90,000 (PSA 9) Nov 17, 2016: $54,970 (PSA 9) Apr 2, 2022: $5,275,000 (PSA 10) Jun 11, 2022: $840,000 (PSA 9) Sep 23, 2023: $495,000 (CCG 10) Dec 16, 2023: $137,00 (PSA Altered) Aug 8, 2025: $625,000 (PSA 9) Sep 12, 2025: $4,000,000 (PSA 9) If youre looking to pick up something not quite as rare, but still pretty special, Pratte is still selling a PSA 10 Illusions Zorua prize card for a mere $20,000.
If you fan out your cards left handed, youre going to see the rarity symbol more easily by default
Paying 4 mana for something that dies to lots of 1 mana removal isnt usually where you want to be
Establishing your Battlefield Source: The Official Pokemon TCG Channel Once youve drawn a 7-card hand with at least one Basic Pokemon, you will choose one pokemon to begin the game as Active, and place it face down into the Active zone
Players each start with an identical deck of cards
