No, and there are no "low prints" it's just that resellers (scalpers) are buying up all the stock and shipping a large portion of it overseas to gullible people that are willing to pay 3x retail price
For cards headed to grading, semi-rigid card holders are a collector favorite because they offer firm support while still being easy to handle during submission prep
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Consider using silica gel packets to manage moisture, replacing them monthly.
The exiled card of Expressive Iteration may often be a non-optimal play and requires either a very low curve to fully capitalize on it exactly like Grixis Shadow or UR Murktide, or an ongoing finding of additional land drops
Pokmon cards do often go up in value, but if its just about the money, there are better investments out there