This blog is all about hitting land drops, so giving your opponent one is not what I am interested in
Rarity affects supply, but value is also driven by demand, format legality, condition, edition, foiling, special treatments, and collector appeal
As such, a lot of time and effort can be put into building a master collection of Pokmon TCG cards, particularly as more and more exclusive cards are released
Some of them make it easy for you to go into them by only having to tribute one monster
These "condition-sensitive" cards can be goldmines if you find near-perfect examples
Moderately played (MP) copies sell for about $35, with lightly played (LP) shooting up to the $60 mark, and near-mint ( NM) copies climbing up to $70