Nostalgia and Culture: Millennials and Gen Z view Pokmon cards as a cultural icon, boosting emotional and financial value
Still, I felt it in my bones that 2016 was the right year to do four-color decks, and presented a compelling case
If you only have one card in hand, you will instead discard that card and mill a card and you won't draw at all
As smpratte discussed in his video from a while back, the Gold Star set is extremely iconic in the tcg from a collectability standpointlowest print run in the tcg, unique shiny art that exceeded the border for the first time, holo bleed on some cards, a consistent artist across all the sets/cards, good selection of Pokemon and of course, really low PSA 10 Gem Mint pops for pretty much all the Gold Stars outside of the dog trio
Another is that it is an Artifact Creature that allows to work well in Delirium decks by hitting two different card types as well
Collector demand for full boxes is clearly outpacing supply, while casual players are gravitating toward mid-tier products like ETBs and Blisters
