If I were to pick Sarkhan, not with the intention of putting it in my deck, but simply so that you won't get it, then I'm counterdrafting
Instant Contactmade it possible to Special Summon the monster, and almost eliminated the need to use it
You want to combine Maha (perhaps my favorite card from 2024!) with cards like Night of Souls' Betrayal and Pestilence
Here's a simple framework for Scarlet & Violet era cards: Check the star colour first Black stars are lower value, silver stars are mid-tier, gold stars are premium Count the stars More stars generally means rarer, but colour trumps count Feel for texture Etched ridges indicate Ultra Rares, SIRs, Mega Attack Rares, or Hyper Rares If it has gold stars , it's a Hyper Rare the highest standard tier If it has pink/green stars , it's a Mega Attack Rare featuring Mega Pokmon ex If the artwork tells a story with gold stars , it's a Special Illustration Rare If it has no star at all but an opalescent, colour-shifting finish , it's a Futuristic Rare 30th Celebration's YOSHIROTTEN-illustrated debut tier A critical mistake many new collectors make is assuming all two-star cards are equal
Instead, the $130 Eighth Edition foil is the earliest we have, featuring the same art weve seen on Blood Moon for the past fifteen years
You can easily locate it by googling Yu-Gi-Oh card shops near me or Yu-Gi-Oh card shops . Most shops have in-house appraisers or evaluators
