complete set first edition pokemon cards Base (1st & Shadowless) Neo Discovery 1st Edition - Old Pokemon

High risk, high reward

Your prowess in combat is diluted by the weaklings swarming in to finish off the foe youd already critically wounded

The most important of these is their -X ability

It's always an adventure

The market for this card has fluctuated between $180,000 and $400,000 since the initial COVID-era boom, when its value surged, from roughly $20,000 to $295,000 in late 2020

It's also hate that doesn't necessarily conflict with some other artifact strategies the way Stony Silence and others might - if a player has more expensive artifacts in their deck, for instance, Meltdown is still a great sideboard card that likely won't destroy their own game pieces but will still affect a cheaper-costed deck