the back of a japanese pokemon card TCG: Lot Japanese Pokemon Cards vs English:

Mox Ruby (1): I may not have had a Black Lotus in this deck, but I sure did have a Mox Ruby

The Most Expensive Pokemon Card Ever Sold Back in 2013, a Pokemon Illustrator Pikachu card sold for $100,000

Many modern stax lists transition into a protected combo (Thassa's Oracle, Breach lines) once the lock is stable rather than grinding to a value finish

Against something like Bonecrusher Giant, just casting it for one mana to pump our creatures' toughness is enough to save many of our creatures, and against hard removal, we can kick it for hexproof

With companies like TAG, maybe this changes over time but for now Black Labels have a massive premium due to the low population and difficultly

I know rotation is approaching soon, and some of you are probably waiting for me to talk about the post-rotation format, and rest assured that I will be doing that soon enough