Something like a last minute change that was supposed to make it worse and ended up making it better (+1/+1 to +1/-1
From searching around on auction sites, Ive cobbled together a list of claimed dates and prices the Pikachu Illustrator has fetched over the years: Early 2000s: $23,000 May 8, 2014: $90,000 (PSA 9) Nov 17, 2016: $54,970 (PSA 9) Apr 2, 2022: $5,275,000 (PSA 10) Jun 11, 2022: $840,000 (PSA 9) Sep 23, 2023: $495,000 (CCG 10) Dec 16, 2023: $137,00 (PSA Altered) Aug 8, 2025: $625,000 (PSA 9) Sep 12, 2025: $4,000,000 (PSA 9) If youre looking to pick up something not quite as rare, but still pretty special, Pratte is still selling a PSA 10 Illusions Zorua prize card for a mere $20,000.
While white has access to other removal that exiles nonland permanents, it's usually restricted only to specific permanent types
You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card's mana cost
Its just way too much efficiency for a 2-drop
The background of this card art has a blue-tinted holographic foiling that makes the card design resemble Lugias color scheme