First of all, you get the 6 mana investment of a card each turn
Release Date: 1999 Grading: CGC NM/MINT 8 Pokemon card value at auction: $113,880 When Wizards of the Coast launched the Pokemon TCG in 1999, they reworked names, card designs, and even swapped Japans Cosmos holofoil for the English Starlight. But before deciding, they tested and printed several foil patterns and stocks
We dont play Utter End anymore, but sticking Proliferate onto the Golgari equivalent
The rest of the Base Set holos (Mewtwo, Gyarados, Zapdos, and so on) run from tens of dollars up, more in high grade
A typical non-foil Magic card has: Size: 2.5 x 3.5 inch (about 63 x 88 mm) Thickness: about 0.012 inch (roughly 0.305 mm) Card stock weight: commonly in the 280320 gsm range (grams per square meter) That thickness is often described as 12 pt board in printing terms
Additionally, WotC also decided to experiment with powerful asymmetrical lock effects somewhere around War of the Spark