Action : For specific deck pieces, buying singles on TCGPlayer is the most cost-effective route
That said, you still definitely need to have a few of the payoff type cards to try playing this strategy I can tell you from experience that just playing a bunch of low-cost white and black cards wont have the oomph to finish off most opponents
So, if you have 5 Pokmon on the bench during the fight, and Zoroark is the active Pokmon, you can deal a minimum of 100 points of damage
If youre trying to build your own proxy deck that feels closer to the real thing, this gives you concrete targets: gsm range, thickness, blue or black core, and a smooth, durable finish
Also the art proportions are very different
However, this is still a bit of an anomaly for one big reason: serialized cards