All three cards in the recent auction were graded near-mint or mint 8, which the PSA defines as a super high-end card that appears PSA 9 at first glance, but upon closer inspection, the card can exhibit the following: a very slight wax stain on reverse, slightest fraying at one or two corners, a minor printing imperfection, and/or slightly off-white borders. Goldin also notes that the bronze Trophy Pikachu can be the most sought-after member of the trio due to illustrator Mitsuhiro Aritas depiction of the Pokmon mascot as a chubby and slightly squished friend
Alibou provides a lot of value for just one creature, and Im excited to try it out
The Swinging Sphene move is a potential one-hit KO attack, with players flipping a coin to automatically knock out their opponent's Active Pokmon
Sleepy Song does 80 damage and puts your opponents Pokemon to sleep
On the quality spectrum, do you look to store bulk, the commons and uncommons from past sets that might be useful to build a deck someday (Im in this category) or maybe you are a collector who needs to store your very rare and expensive cards safely, but still organized and within reach