It's hardly a shock to anyone paying attention to Pokmon TCG that these price hikes are occurring, especially with such fervor from fans to find these particular cards in the set, which is why many investors are treating the Scarlet & Violet 151 Booster Bundle as a "legacy asset": a "piece of history" that is more valuable stored as is rather than opening packs looking for a rare card that may get lost or, as we used to do back in the day, traded to a poor kid who has no idea that their Charizard card was, in fact, far superior to a lousy Caterpie card
Hence why Mox Diamond, Karn, Silver Golem, Masticore, and Memory Jar were contained within the From the Vault: Relics supplement released in August of 2010
Burn Baby Burn You might think that having only 14 creatures in a deck is wild, but with a deck as focused as this, we dont need any other body aside from our commander
Its Metallic Turbo attack is the first of its kind in that it allows you to deal damage and stack your benched Pokemon up with Energy
If you are unfamiliar with regression, you can read a basic explanation here
Its cheap, easy to cast, hard to interact with, and its one of the most played blue cards in the format