first edition alakazam pokemon card · Base Set #1 the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. UNGRADED Base Set Alakazam 1/102

Technically, 1996 World Champion is one of the cheapest cards on this list as it once sold for $17,500

Red and white by comparison are pretty lackluster on this front and will largely be reliant on raw aggression or access to other colors to present a cohesive 75 against the format, and may need both to keep up

It seems real strong, but only time will tell if the deck is a flash in the pan, or if it has the staying power to succeed alongside current top-tier strategies like Affinity and Eldrazi Tron

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This only includes cards that shift control of cards on the battlefield, so no reanimation effects either

Theres a long list of ways that this card interacts with your opponents, from pseudo-countering a spell while exiling a planeswalker, to removing two blockers as you try to close the game