watapon yugioh card by AlanMac95 on DeviantArt Limited Edition Watapon MOV-EN003 YuGiOh

While the chosen opponent will of course share in your spoils, youre getting the better deal, as theyre likely to be paying your dowry with all of their extra card draw

Over 9 billion Pokmon cards were printed last year, a fifth of all the cards ever made That's one way to deal with a shortage

And of course, in older formats it gets busted pretty fast

For the most part, the Rainbow Rare cards introduced in the Pokemon TCGs Sun & Moon block do not command quite the same level of desirability as some of their Alternate Art counterparts

Circling back to TAUC costs, you could argue its actually even closer to free than other alternate costs: life points and cards in hand are expendable resources, and (at least for drawing cards) somewhat expensive to replenish