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Meta shifts, ban announcements, Secret Lair drops, Commander hype cycles - Magic card prices are constantly in motion

The Special Illustration Rare does not need to be the loudest card in the set to work, because its appeal comes from the purple flames, eerie atmosphere, and the way the artwork makes Mega Chandelure feel like it is glowing from inside the darkness

Of course, you'll want to include Cat staples like Regal Caracal and Feline Sovereign to boost the Cat tokens you're creating

As the gentleman who helped me at the game shop that day put it after I explained, "You could not have picked a worse time to try and get back into this." And he's not wrong -- prices on some of the cards I would need to seek out like Charizard, Mewtwo and others, are already expensive now, and this is a project that will take years, not months, to complete these sets

Over the years, the Pokemon TCG has grown and evolved, with new cards and mechanics continually being introduced