This includes tears, bends that make cards unplayable, and if a significant portion is destroyed by water damage
I use metallic purple sleeves for this purpose - theyre easily distinguishable from actual cards, unlike black or white sleeves that you may already have due to potentially clashing with the Magic card border color
The lifegain also adds up quickly
TCGplayer Tip:The Flying Pikachu card in Evolutions is a reprint of a Black Star Promo released in 2001, much like the Surfing Pikachu reprint that's also in Evolutions
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(Some later cards may appear, but not necessarily all.) Furthermore, all older cards (and even some particularly broken newer cards) will be updated and rebalanced to be more in line with the average power level of the XY era of the TCG