If you are a collector you buy a lot of packs that are about 4$ each and if you are a competitive player you are paying hundreds of dollars just to be able to build the deck you want to play for the current meta, just so you spent a similar amount as soon as the next expansion comes out to stay relevant in the meta
I also don't run
The print on the front honestly rivals some of my favorite arts from WOTC
When you look at price spikes for cards like Dan Dan based on a game variant and then consider the much more massive player base of Commander, it does not take a genius to see value appreciating
There are eleven types of basic energy cards in the Pokmon trading card game: Grass, Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal, Fairy, Dragon, and Colorless