Scalpers and investors trying to make money were able to take advantage of the market boom and bought up a large number of the remaining vintage sets
Because of that, I'll focus on the best of the best, with a few fun exceptions
The most famous examples came from the 1999 Burger King promotion tied to Pokmon: The First Movie
You'll clear everything off the board except your best creature, which will enable an immediate attack and leave you in a winning position
Helping to illustrate the risk-reward collector mindset, four raw sales on eBay from March to May were tracked, each in varying conditions: March 14: $3,100 March 23: $3,200 April 9: $3,850 May 22: $2,700 It is worth noting that there are two versions of this card: base/standard and Artist Proof
The truth is that vintage means more than one thing in the world of Pokmon, so lets get into it