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The Alpha version of the mana rock goes for so much mostly because of its limited print run and collector appeal

The tradeoff for these effects has always been that running out of cards was a death sentence in the TCG, meaning that players needed to be careful with how often they used cards like Sycamore and Professor

Either way, its interesting speculative history, and the Topsun cards deserve a place in the conversation for the original Pokemon cards along with Bandai Carddass Series 1 and of course Base Set (which also has a good argument for the first cards to be manufactured, but again all we know is the release date of each set)

Paintings are objects

The illustration highlights Pikachus dynamic energy, making it especially desirable for collectors who want something beyond the standard set cards