And then there is the acceptance angle, will we reach a point where Pokemon is considered unhealthy again
There are a lot of expectations already with the latest expansion of Scarlet and Violet being brought to the table and with the revival of the EX mechanic, we would see the comeback of Rare Candies as a thing that would be coming back to the meta
Mike is a repeatable engine to bring back any creature that entered the graveyard this turn
By May 17, 2026, Pokeca Box Hikaku showed a 11,400 highest-buy reference, while SSTs weekly Japanese market signals still placed live sell-side references around 9,599-10,900
Spreading out the different cards will indeed help the deck score more highly on traditional measures of randomness, since it increases the information-theoretic entropy of the deck
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary (Borderless) (Surge Foil) Printing Foil Condition Near Mint (NM) Rarity Mythic Rare Number 520 Market Price $309.72 Like Sephiroth's borderless foil card, Cloud's mythic rare pull of the Midgar Mercenary card is currently grabbing some high prices on the secondary market, though not as much as his adversary's