Infect is somewhat similar to Toxic from Karumonix but with a fundamental difference
For many collectors who follow the Pikachu market closely, the Crown Zenith Pikachu represents the single most desirable card from the modern era when you factor in the combination of exceptional art direction, limited supply, and the emotional significance of it being the final premium Pikachu from a beloved generation of the TCG
Sure you can buff them, but that is also true of the host of other smashy Gruul Commanders that also actually have abilities once they're on the table
Then you can use the -2 to steal that great artifact you've been eyeing, and you retain it for the rest of the game
These uplifts also position the cards well against NVIDIAs more recent GPUs, with the A770 beating the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti and the A750 only being 5% slower
When It Doesnt Make Sense to Grade With PSA Even if you love PSA, there are plenty of situations where grading is just lighting money on fire: Low-value base cards that will never be worth much, even as PSA 10s Cards in rough condition (creases, staining, severe corner wear) that are likely PSA 4 or worse Modern inserts and parallels that dont have strong demand even in high grades Cards where the graded value barely exceeds the grading fee As a collector, you dont want to be in the spend $75 to add $60 of value business
