While the milestone is impressive on its own, the deeper story lies in what this success reveals about the evolution of IP-based mobile games and the changing marketing dynamics of the card battler genre
Rounding out the top five is a Darksteel Booster Box (Sealed), artifact-era nostalgia with serious collector pull
The age of the Base Set cards makes them difficult to find in good condition
All this activity can be traced back to the story of a different cardthe same story that inspired people to buy out #3 Cubone Set: Jungle Printing: Normal Increase: +$10.31 Current Market Price: $16.07 Much like with Psyduck, Cubone saw a huge surge in purchases in late November and early December that drove its price to a new all-time high
This has had the unfortunate side-effect of pushing some genuinely interesting MTG cards, like Natural Affinity, out of the spotlight
Between each players turn, two damage counters (with a single damage counter defined as causing 10 HP of damage to a Pokmon, which of course means 20 HP damage if two damage counters are used) are placed on the Burned Pokmon
