Mark Rosewater (October 2, 2025)
Casting a spell for its freerunning cost doesnt change its mana value
Your best case is to about break even in the long run, if you can get boxes near wholesale prices, and if your goal is to make money, breaking even simply isn't worth the work
According to their post, they were just recently getting into the collecting hobby again, so finding the entire Bulbasaur line was quite a surprise
Etali, Primal Storm is tailor made for this sort of situation, granting you a similar amount of value as Pako and Haldan without having to spend any mana to get the cards
The Promo Audino, too, has an alternate move called Drain Slap, which deals 40 damage and heals 10 damage on the Pokmon not bad, but a little more limited in its utility than the main set variant