where to price pokemon cards Vintage Pokémon and Value Guide Book, 2000 Pokémon Book, Krause Publications, Lover Antiques and Vintage Price Trends: Pokémon Cards Climbing

But where Clone Shell makes up for it is with its abilities

I always try and think up scenarios where I might play a bad card

Prize payouts are designed to make it difficult to go infinite from just playing events (and nearly impossible to go infinite by playing limited), thanks to the rewards being weighted toward untradable cards (not to mention the awkward split of currencies), which is good for new players building a collection but lacking for grinders who already have the cards they need, especially when you consider the fifth-card problem, where additional copies of cards you open disappear for very little value (an issue that primarily impacts people who buy a lot of cards with real money, a group of players who are more than likely part of the enfranchised crowd used to spending lots of money on the game)

this lets it dodge opponents on-turn board clears