surging sparks ultra rare cards Milotic 217 – Team Collectors Pokémon TCG: Surging Sparks Illustration

For the low low cost of one mana, you get a powerful card draw engine

A common dual land appears 50% of the time

A Surge Foil features a specific rippling light pattern that is unique to certain Universes Beyond releases, providing a more intense and dynamic shine than the standard foil process

Alolan Marowak Fantastical Parade #018 Card Type Pokmon Element Fire Stage Stage 1 HP 100 Weakness Water Retreat Cost 2 Evolves From Cubone Pokmon Marowak Artist Fiery Bone 40 Your opponent's Active Pokmon is now Burned

One of the best black creatures, Blood Artist is an important source of repeated lifegain triggers for the decks that want it, as well as a win condition

It's hardly a shock to anyone paying attention to Pokmon TCG that these price hikes are occurring, especially with such fervor from fans to find these particular cards in the set, which is why many investors are treating the Scarlet & Violet 151 Booster Bundle as a "legacy asset": a "piece of history" that is more valuable stored as is rather than opening packs looking for a rare card that may get lost or, as we used to do back in the day, traded to a poor kid who has no idea that their Charizard card was, in fact, far superior to a lousy Caterpie card