I travelled to Dubai last year [2021] to secure it after five months of negotiation. As for why the card is so rare, the Illustrator Pikachu card was awarded in 1998 to winners of the CoroCoro Comic Illustration Contest in Japan, so it was never available in your standard card packs
For decks such as Charizard ex, Manaphy is an indispensable tool that allows you to evolve your Charmander into your stage two Charizard ex, or your Pidgey into your Pidgeot ex, without fear of having your Pokmon picked off in those early, vulnerable stages
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Theyre back now, even if theyre at rare, and come in prices ranging from $11 to $24.96, with Emerald Medallion as the cheapest and the rest at similar prices at the higher end of the price range
Play around with what you think will work, or just pick cards you like
If your deck list contains cards that are not playable in Pokmon TCG Live, the deck list will still import but wont be valid for play
