don't neglect the IR tier as a spending category Join TCGPlayer waitlists for the Elite Trainer Box if your local store is sold out secondary market ETBs were running 30-50% above MSRP at launch but normalize faster than booster boxes Master set including all 165 reverse holos brings total to 409 cards a dedicated 4-inch D-ring binder handles this comfortably, but budget $200-300 for sleeves, holders, and organization supplies If you only want the top three: Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex SIR, Cynthia's Garchomp ex SIR, and Ethan's Ho-Oh ex SIR are the three cards most collectors display from this set and together they cover the villain-vs-hero framing the set is built around Market Insights Top chase values (April 2026): Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex SIR $484-537, Cynthia's Garchomp ex SIR $193-278, Ethan's Ho-Oh ex SIR $143-226, Team Rocket's Moltres ex SIR $115-142, Team Rocket's Nidoking ex SIR $100-125 Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex SIR represents 26% of total set value by itself one of the more top-heavy distributions in the SV era outside of Prismatic Evolutions
Entish RestorationEntish Restoration , like Elven FarsightElven Farsight above, is another improvement on an existing card, this time with EDH staple Roiling RegrowthRoiling Regrowth
PSA 10 graded copies command 53,000+ at buyback, with retail closer to 80,000
Notice I didnt say deck because with the stupid, stupid, stupid, idiotic stupid poison counter theme in Phyrexia: All Will Be One (PAWBO for short), we have another theme that works hand in hand with it, enables other strategies (Planeswalkers) and is heavily in the best color combination (Simic)
