Scalpers and investors trying to make money were able to take advantage of the market boom and bought up a large number of the remaining vintage sets
You'll clear everything off the board except your best creature, which will enable an immediate attack and leave you in a winning position
It requires artifacts and creatures with useful tap abilities to really take off, but theres an artifact deck out there just waiting for someone to put a spell on the stack
The most famous examples came from the 1999 Burger King promotion tied to Pokmon: The First Movie
Because of that, I'll focus on the best of the best, with a few fun exceptions
Helping to illustrate the risk-reward collector mindset, four raw sales on eBay from March to May were tracked, each in varying conditions: March 14: $3,100 March 23: $3,200 April 9: $3,850 May 22: $2,700 It is worth noting that there are two versions of this card: base/standard and Artist Proof