black flames booster box Pokémon Cards Ruler of the Flame/Obsidian sv3 – Pokioh and Vespiquen with different types than usual Pokemon Ruler of the Black

Ritual Summon 1 Ritual Monster from your hand, by banishing monsters from your GY whose total Levels equal or exceed that monsters Level, including a Rokket monster

Protect the Patron and build up an army for communal sacrifice

Konami was kind enough to send me a box to open which you can check out below, but I wanted to share some overall thoughts in regards to sets like this

SR Super Rare UR Ultra Rare SE Secret Rare UL Ultimate Rare PS Platinum Secret Rare CR COLLECTOR'S RARE QCSE Quarter Century Secret Rare Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon X LIGHT Rank 8 [ DragonXyzEffect ] ATK 4000 DEF 3500 3 Level 8 monsters You can also Xyz Summon this card by using a "Galaxy-Eyes" Xyz Monster you control as material, except "Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon"

Hopefully youll have a better idea of how it works once were done here today

Total cards graded in 2023 across all companies All cards graded in 202310801066 101 KB 2023 grades by category10801074 149 KB Total TCG % TCG 13.5M 5.7M 42.2% 1.7M 1.4M 82.3% 1.2M 125k 10.4% 772k 372k 48.2% All 17.2M 7.7M 44.7% Notable points Almost half of all cards graded in 2023 were TCG, presumably most are Pokemon CGC is almost all TCG SGC almost all sports PSA and BGS split equally between TCG and sports About 20% increase in cards vs 2022 (roughly an additional 3.5M) About 60% increase in TCG/non-sports cards vs 2022 (see below) TCG/non-sports cards graded in 2023 All non-sports cards graded in 202310801076 107 KB Cards graded per month Cards graded per month in 202310801077 117 KB Notable points PSA with a strong upward trend until March 2023 BGS with a stagnating, arguably downward trend CGC has a spike in October, presumably due to a single mystery box customer Gem Mint+ rate Screenshot_20240103_154058_Instagram10801074 190 KB Era 10 10+ 9.5+ 1990s 14.1% 19.2% 15.4% 2000s 20.9% 22.8% 18.6% 2010s 50.5% 40.8% 54.1% 2020s 68.9% 62.3% 79.4% Notable points PSA was the strictest for vintage CGC was strictest for modern BGS gem mint+ is relatively less strict for modern Difference between vintage and modern (pre/post 2010) is apparent across all 3 companies 12 Likes Cards stolen from ACE Grading Facility 52 weeks, 52 articles bk2021 January 3, 2024, 9:49am 2 7.7m graded TCG cards lol Who is absorbing all of this