For these reasons as well as the cards rarity, the Charizard ex Special Illustration Rare was fetching a price of around $58 USD on sites like TCGPlayer and, as of now, its the most expensive card in Obsidian Flames
It is a rumor stemming from the copyright date on the cards, and the copyright date does not necessarily indicate it was printed in that year (just like many other Pokemon cards also include the 1995 year somewhere in the copyright date)
They have a gold finish, similar to Hyper Rare cards, but differ in a key way
Creatures (20) 2 Den Protector 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer 3 Sylvan Advocate 4 Mindwrack Demon 4 Deathcap Cultivator 2 Tireless Tracker 2 The Gitrog Monster 1 Ulvenwald Hydra Lands (25) Spells (15) This moves away from Gather the Pack and Deathmist Raptor as a card advantage and recursion engine and toward Traverse the Ulvenwald and individually powerful threats
Rienne, Angel of Rebirth if you put in more multicolored legends then this is a godsend, letting you play them over and over
Maul of the Skyclaves is particularly good, as are the ways of granting Haste
