When I got into high school, I was playing competitively, and I was a regional champion in Hawaii
You're trying to capture a specific moment a tournament win, a legendary pull, a planeswalker alter you're proud of and the standard printing options just weren't built for that
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That means most hologram variants are in less than ideal condition, driving the price of pristine first edition hologram cards through the roof. One of the most expensive, mint-condition first edition holograms is the shadowless Chansey, which sold for nearly $36,900 in November 2020 after 47 bids on the trading card auction house PWCC