Giving your opponents counters works out well in EDH because you can make a friend, and you can even broker a deal to give somebody an Oblivion Stone or something should that seem like the best option
It highlights the difference in naming conventions between Japanese and international releases
Itll be interesting to see how the upcoming sets Stellar Crown and Paradise Dragona add to the list of the most valuable Ace Specs, as both of these expansion set releases are going to introduce some new Ace Spec cards into the mix
Similarly, the difference in black borders on a real card (left) and a fake (right) are pretty striking when looking at the green dot on the card back, but that's just one thing we're interested in
Set Numbers The Universal Decoder Every Japanese Pokemon card has a set number in the bottom-left corner formatted as: XXX / YYY (e.g., 052/073) XXX = this cards number in the set YYY = total number of regular cards in the set Heres the key trick: if XXX is higher than YYY, you have a Secret Rare
One person bought an insane four packs just for the event