We'll check out each deck one at a time, highlighting each deck's strengths and weaknesses, then use that analysis to recommend optimized upgrade guides
While its true the majority of basics are nearly worthless due to their pervasiveness, a handful of basic lands have made their mark on Magics economy by virtue of being very rare, and very expensive
I havent looked at all the Japanese cards yet, but from the English I see five missing from a quick look (excluding EX era codes, since I assume youve excluded those on purpose): Shining Legends Cosmos Holofoil (from 5-Pack Costco boxes, released in Canada) Pikachu & Zekrom GX non-Holo with signature from the World Champions Deck 2019 - Pikarom Judge Sword & Shield Cosmos Reverse Holo (also from 5-Pack Costco boxes, released in Canada two weeks ago, so I still have it incoming myself) 035 non-Holo Nintendo promo (released exclusively in Sweden as insert of a magazine) Futsal Pikachu promo (these have started to pop up recently on eBay.co.uk, although arent exactly the cheapest I currently have my own incoming) Ive only took a quick look out of the top of my head, so Ive possibly missed some
This solid black ink sits cleanly on top of the colored rosettes of the background
As a reminder, you can only meld cards if you both own and control them, and only if they're the actual named cards (no copies or tokens)
The other two factors that usually cause price increases are scarcity and if theres any chase reprints in the decks