Several factors warrant scrutiny, chief among them being the cumulative impact of this hike on top of May 2025s increase , which pushed rates up by ~20% for regular/popular services and even higher for standard tiersincluding steep per-card costs for premium offerings
"Pokemon Organized Play (POP) Timeline 2006-2007 (Pokemon League Year 8)"
Annie Flash, the Veteran Annie Flash, the Veteran has powerful abilities for the cost, but using it to replay lands tends to be underusing a 6-mana spell
This powerful card is up for big money in its borderless format, but the Soul Stones Cosmic Foil variant is even harder to find
From a financial standpoint you could suppose that Streets of New Capenna will be just as popular as many other sets
Putting the affected Pokemon to the Bench, either by paying its retreat cost, or using the effects of some Trainer cards, like Switch