Why Torchic specifically is worth so much is anyone's guess, but with only 17 verified PSA 10 grade copies out there, the PSA values them at $50,000 each
This saw a bit of time in the red Standard decks of the day, although it fell off as Standard got more powerful
However, the odd corollary to this is that getting a holo in every pack is enormously mitigated by just how few there are to collect
Once youve got Opts to help fix your mana, there is the question of whether you can afford to be greedy and replace some of the Essence Scatters with Essence Captures, as we see from Liam Carlton: Creatures (19) Lands (24) Spells (17) Sideboard My first inclination is that this is too greedy for too little payoff, but if its wrong, it might not be wrong by much
Japanese cards can only be played in official tournaments if the same card exists in English
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