Finding ways around rather than through cards like Hoarding Recluse or Ruins Recluse is often preferable if you have a really good flier on the board
Pikachu EX Special Illustration Rare (Surging Sparks) The Surging Sparks Pikachu EX Special Illustration Rare is one of the premier chase cards from the Scarlet and Violet era, and it has quickly established itself as one of the most valuable modern Pikachu printings in the secondary market
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Mewtwo GX (Secret Rare, Shining Legends) Shining Legends was a small, limited-print special set released in the fall of 2017 that has consistently punched far above its weight class in terms of producing long-term collectible value and maintaining secondary market relevance
For a sense of scale, today's Scarlet and Violet sets run roughly one Double Rare per five packs, one Illustration Rare per twelve, one Ultra Rare per fifteen, one Special Illustration Rare per ninety, and one Hyper Rare somewhere in the range of one in 300 to 700 packs
With Innistrad: Crimson Vow releasing in November, it means that well be down in the spoiler mines again in little over a month
