I wont pretend this is a deck for timid players

Platform Ranking: Price Per Card and Ease Here's our honest ranking for 2026: Best Price Per Card (Highest to Lowest) TCGPlayer (for sorted $1+ singles) Best per-card return, but requires sorting and listing time eBay (for curated lots) Great return on themed and vintage lots Facebook Groups (for direct sales) Zero fees, decent prices Facebook Marketplace (for local pickup) Zero fees, but lower prices than groups Dedicated Bulk Buyers (Safari Zone, Card Cavern, etc.) Low per-card rate, but efficient for volume Local Card Shops Lowest rates, highest convenience Easiest to Hardest Local Card Shops Walk in, walk out Dedicated Bulk Buyers Sort, box, ship, get paid Facebook Marketplace Photo, list, meet up eBay Photo, list, pack, ship Facebook Groups Post, negotiate, pack, ship TCGPlayer Sort, list each card, pack, ship individually The Realistic Expectation Here's what we want you to take away from this: if you have 5,000 common and uncommon Pokmon cards, you're looking at $50-$150 total, depending on how you sell them

Adding a final coating can help protect the cards from scuffing, scratching, and dirt or moisture
Look for a small stamp on the lower left of the card art box that reads "Edition 1." First edition cards also lack the drop shadow around the card image, a detail that makes them "shadowless," which is a separate but related distinction
Conserving your Ordinary Rod and all of your Pokmon is vital in this matchup though, and it is entirely possible that you run out of Pokmon that can attack before you win
the commons fell 69%