Most of the very top cards come from the Reserved List, which Wizards of the Coast has promised never to reprint
In a 1994 interview with the development team of Donkey Kong for the Game Boy, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto stated that despite Mario and Donkey Kong's relationship appearing hostile in the original arcade game, it was actually intended to be much more amiable
Artifacts like Hedron Archive, Selesnya Locket (and the other lockets), and Dreamstone Hedron can all draw you more than one card when you activate their abilities and sacrifice them
Cards like these are hard to find, so when collectors can get their hands on them, theyre willing to pay a lot more
Players have appreciated Skitty for its cute design and the potential to evolve into Delcatty using a Moon Stone, adding strategic depth to gameplay with moves like Attract and Sing
In a perhaps not-so-surprising turn of events, the controversial centaur-inspired legendary forms of Palkia and Dialga found themselves competing with a Kanto classic more people yearned to find in their booster packs