And if the trajectory of the last ten years is any indication, the next record is probably just a matter of time.
Series: Scarlet & Violet
Competitive Brawl Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger Lutri, the Spellchaser Nadu, Winged Wisdom Oko, Thief of Crowns Old Stickfingers Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Rusko, Clockmaker Tajic, Legion's Valor Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Wrenn and Six Though Competitive Brawl shares many features with its Historic counterpart, like 25 starting life, a commander, and a 99 card deck constrained by the commander's color identity, it has a unique ban list of ten extremely powerful, oppressive commanders
With this setup, players can use Misty to quickly attach extra energy to Articuno ex, which enables it to get set up at a very quick pace to deal 80 damage per turn to an active Pokemon plus 10 damage to every Pokemon on the opponent's bench once per turn with only three Energies needing to be equipped
(The modern Pokemon sets also have higher-value cards in the several hundred to even several thousand dollar range but I felt like I didnt know enough about them yet to devote income/resources to cards I didnt fully understand.) I wanted to make at least semi-informed decisions about the cards I was buying