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
Three main factors determine value: rarity (Secret Rare, 1st Edition, etc.), condition (graded on a 1-10 scale where PSA 10 is flawless), and demand (popularity of the Pokmon and competitive playability)
Let us take a concrete example: a Charizard from the Base Set 1st Edition in PSA 9 can sell for around 15,000 euros, while the same copy in PSA 10 regularly exceeds 50,000 euros
Cards make their presence felt as they enter the battlefield these days and dealing with them after resolution is usually a lost cause
Things seemingly came to a head on October 13, 2020, when rapper Logic bought a first-edition, holographic Charizard for an eye-watering $220,574
Finally, its another competition prize, this time for victors in the Japanese World Summer Challenge in 2000, where winners got the chance to be immortalised in their own, exclusive Pokmon card