It also makes the entire format way, way more expensive if all of the early sets are legal, and Pauper is a format where the barrier to entry SHOULD be lower than other formats
That combination of rarity, condition, and fan demand explains why collectors are willing to spend six figures on what, to outsiders, still looks like a cartoon creature on a trading card
|3| -----Transform----- Garruk, the Veil-Cursed Planeswalker - Garruk [+1]: Put a 1/1 black Wolf creature token with deathtouch onto the battlefield
One of the major benefits of grading raw cards is that condition becomes a known thing (e.g., a Mint 9 verses a Gem Mint 10)
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The first Pokmon to sport this new mechanic is Arceus