This is one of those cards where ultimately the value is whatever someone is willing to pay. Two hours after Orlandos initial tweet, he returned with a new photo of the cards back: By popular demand...the reverse of the 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card, showcasing his career statistics. Huigens is bullish on Mantles Topps last card
Relatively small sample size, of course, but it leads me to suspect that your pack is heavy
The deck's reliance on only Normal and Rare cards makes it incredibly cheap to assemble and useful to have to hand for any future N/R Events that may occur
Slabs are good for some things, but they just dont create the same feeling of nostalgia, and dont allow you to appreciate the art like a binder collection can
You can find the original, uncensored card on the resale market for just about $20 ungraded, if youre in the market to collect banned Pokemon cards
Illustrators came to be after a Japanese magazine ran a contest in which 39 winners received a card drawn by Atsuko Nishida, designer of famously cute Pokemon character Pikachu
