Most of those cards got played with, damaged, lost, or tossed by parents who had no idea what theyd be worth decades later
Quuador May 13, 2017, 11:39am 8 Color inconsistencies happened a lot in the earlier sets (Base, Jungle, Fossil, Base 2), and in XY Evolutions as well I might add If you just look at some of the Base Pikachus I have (old picture, got around 10 more unique ones now), you see a lot of color differences on first glance regarding yellow vs darker yellow (ignore the sun-bleached and albino bordered ones ): And even more if you zoom in (here is a link so you can zoom in: ))
The optimal choice often depends on your decks strategy
Its not the fault of Armageddon, per say, but more the people running cards like it
Trap/Normal If you control "Vampire Hunter" monster: Special Summon 1 "Ferret the Vampire Hunter" from your Deck or Graveyard to your opponent's side of the field, and if you do, immediately after this effect resolves, Special Summon 1 "Vlad the Vampire Lord" from your Extra Deck, by using "Ferret the Vampire Hunter" and 1 Level 4 Zombie-Type monster from either player's side of the field as Xyz Materials (this Special Summon is treated as Xyz Summon), then destroy all "Vampire Hunter" monster you control
Although English cards typically have a lower level of quality than their Japanese counterparts, this ironically leads to a spike in the value of the highest-graded English cards because there are fewer of them to go around