The decks range from 600 to 1000+ US dollars, making it one of the most expensive formats, though there are some very good decks that are somewhat cheaper
While "Surging Sparks" will likely not have the same meta impact as "Stellar Crown", there is still plenty of cards in the set for fans to be excited about
Only a handful were ever produced, and the number that survive today is thought to be extremely small
Just Charizard Flexing but looking good none the less, and the card special ability Pok-Body: Fury Blaze was pretty awesome in its own right " If your opponent has 3 or less Prize cards left, each of Charizards attacks does 50 more damage to the active Pokemon (before applying weakness and resistance)." As great as that is, I was just happy to see the brief reintroduction of the card descriptive text " It is said that CHARIZARD's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles " - I'm not scientist, but I'd say the story checks out
This made it a far more important card than its numbers would indicate because it made an entire deck exist for a long time, and in some cases Aluren was the only viable combo strategy available and taking it away would have radically altered the balance
They thought it was a simple coloring error and, without checking with Arita, changed the cheeks back to their normal red in preparation for the English Base Set release