Here's muh new leader for this deck
The two contenders seem to be: CD Promo Pikachu - released Jan 1, 1999 Arguments for: Media Factory already had there distribution lined up and had been selling cards for over 3 years in Japan by this point
Trophy Pikachu No.3 Trainer $324,000 In 1997, the first official Pokmon TCG tournaments were held in Japan, exclusively for kids up to 15 years old
Its sort of the game designer's way of signaling, Hey, this card is important! Every new set of cards that comes out takes place in a different world (called planes), so the legends of each plane tend to pop up whenever a new set comes out in a plane the game has already visited
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The valuable old cards are almost all 1999 Base Set holos, especially the 1st Edition and Shadowless prints of Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur