If Umbreon is the king of the Pokemon TCG secondary market, the POP Series 5 Gold Star is the crown
The only known sale of these cards, which are all believed to belong to Wizards of the Coast, employees was a 2023 $550,000 sale
This is clearly a counter to Pendulum Magicians, the top deck in the meta going into YCS Guadalajara
Gold Star Pokmon were the chase cards of the EX era
And I do have to wonder if, intentionally or not, this card will act as a safety valve in metagames where spells are being cast through infinite mana engines and/or methods of cheating out spells through cascade
It feels right , but as a pull, it's certainly not the most exciting