The card arrives protected and display-ready, which matters when you're giving it as a gift or keeping it long-term
The number of cards you don't want to draw naturally increases, but I think the return is greater
With a bit of quick math, that means your opponent only needs to special summon 7 times before your field is practically untouchable
A few other cards live in this same tier, including the PSA 9 Illustrator (around $1.275 million), various trophy and prize cards, and the Snap Pikachu
But this still feels like the deck a grizzled Magic boomer pulls out of the bottom of the backpack to impress the kids at their local game store
I know it seems like this section is directly counter to my last one, where I said that Ultimate Masters will hold its value well, but I hope you can see how both things can be true at the same time