brilliant stars pokemon card TCG: Sword & Shield 36 Count Booster Box Pokémon Hit Points60 HP Form 2022 Pokemon Sword & Shield

This Pokemon's satisfied smile and tummy rub indicate that it recently finished a succulent meal, leaning into the Pokemon's personality and adding appeal

Other old sets from the 1990s had larger print runs, and the later in the decade you go, sealed product trends toward becoming easier to find (though Alpha is hardly the only difficult set to find sealed product for, as Beta s print run was only about 3x the size of Alpha s)

So if you had an alpha orcish oriflamme, well, you could play it for 2 and laugh at your opponent for paying 4 for his beta copy

You do have to be at least a little worried of getting two-for-oned, but at least the umbra armor ability stops some of the ways that can happen

These cards are useful in myriad situations, from making your removal better to invalidating your opponents combat choices