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And in most cases, better

#3 Mega Charizard X ex Mega Hyper Rare Phantasmal Flames Many assumed the Mega Hyper Rare version of Mega Charizard X ex would be the chase card of Phantasmal Flames

The problem with that is there's a huge gap between "I've played a few games and have a general sense of what I'm doing" and "I'm a weekly Magic player." Foundations gives that new player a path from their first game ever to their hundredth game

As a quick related aside, theres a common anti-Reserved List argument that most of these cards will hold their value even though a reprint because even if they print more Underground Seas, they arent going to print any more Beta Underground Seas

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"The prices have consistently inclined for all WOTC sets in general, from [the 1999 Pokmon 1st Edition] Base set forward," said Pratte