A pristine card can be worth ten times more than the exact same card with a few scratches or worn edges
Aang's Iceberg is my underdog card of 2025
It ran in decks as the kill condition, able to deal five or six damage per hit without losing any spell efficiency
Like most Magic: The Gathering cards, the value of Vizier of the Menagerie depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (Amonkhet)
Binding Flame makes the opponent's Active Pokemon's Retreat Cost one higher, and Phantom Maze does 130 plus 50 for each energy in that Retreat Cost, so the ability directly raises the attack's damage while making it harder to escape
The Return to Ravnica block did a good job communicating its archetypes, but that was aided by the guild structure, which meant there was a high as-fan of gold (or multicolor) cards