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honedge pokemon card • Mega Rising (B1) #170 – Limitless TCG Pocket Database [Psychic][Psychic][Psychic] Slash 50. Pokemon TCG - SM8a -
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The spread between the highest gem rate on this list (eighty-eight percent for the McDonald's Pikachu) and the lowest (one percent for Base Set Charizard) reveals fundamentally different stories about fundamentally different eras of the hobby
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But heres the thing: bulk does not automatically equal worthless
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That means that they are a variant of a standard card from this or another set, featuring alternate art and foil treatments, and as such theyre numbered above the sets number of unique cards
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So now I still buy them, if the card inside is worth similar to the graded price
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