As a mono-red Leader with an imposing 5 Life and a staggering 7000 base power, this card represents an offensive and defensive threshold that completely warps standard combat math
Not only so, you can also add effects, photo frames, and custom stickers to further enhance your Pokemon cards
For the last example, lets look at more of a format staple, something that saw play in a range of archetypes, The Wandering Emperor: TWE is only in 18k Commander decks, and while shes a player in some Pioneer decks, that hasnt kept her price high
You can get rid of your hand quickly for easy points, for instance, but that gives your opponents a chance to do the same or develop something better
Thats an outrageous bit of value attached to one of your characters and it also protects you against the classic one-two punch of the meta defining ruby-amethyst control deck of set two, which would wipe your board with Be Prepared and then answer the first character you play with a Lady Tremaine which would force you to sacrifice it
