Sealed sv2a boxes have risen from approximately 8,000-10,000 at reprint lows to the current 41,500 a track record that makes the box itself the investment, not just the cards inside
Rigid plastic holders designed to protect Pokemon, sports, and TCG cards
But, during the reveal stream, Senior Communications Manager Blake Rasmussen said that he had talked to one of Wizards in-house economists about just how many fetch lands would be opened despite not being in booster packs
On the other hand, for vintage cards, there are cases where grades of PSA 7 or lower are perfectly meaningful
While the set wasn't quite the same as the top-down set designs that would occur in later years, the story constrained designers to the point of creating some pretty terrible cards