If you're just playing it as a sweeper, you get the Blood Artist effect for free, and some decks can lean into that part of the card
Now, I want to hear from you - Do you agree with my list
If you were to snag all the copies under $35, that still might set you back $1500-2000, and it could still be months or years before you can yield $10+ (25%+) on your resales
I generally like trying to make it so that each gold card in a particular color pair would play well in the same deck, and without calling out any specific color pair you do tend to run out of appealing gold options for at least one guild when you go beyond about five gold cards
Its hard not to feel disillusioned with the Pokemon TCG sometimes, but then it comes out with things like the Trick or Trade special reprint set, of which a box of was sent to me by Pokemon's PR team, and its endearing simplicity immediately pulls me right back in
It's also the birthplace of brothers Urza and Mishra, master artificers who discovered ancient stones of power in the Caves of Koilos