rayquaza pokemon card full art Shining Legends Shining #56 type Pokemon Pokémon TCG Rayquaza EX XY69

Pop quiz, hot shot

A rare card thats also a playset staple in a popular format has extreme value

take on a solid drain trigger and you get one of blacks best aristocrat commanders: Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER

Practically all the raised foil cards are up year-over-year, though many of the less-popular ones sank this month as their value flowed into cards like Chatterfang

Here, my primary concern isn't speculators or collectors but the poor college kid on Reddit trying to put together a Modern deck that ends up with fake Mox Opals off eBay, or the new player who thinks they are getting a good deal on some Modern staples to build their collection off Craigslist and hasn't played enough Magic to realize the cards are fake