original 1st edition pokemon cards A rare first Pokémon card sells for more than $300,000 at auction Preserved in a tamper 1st Edition Non-Holo Pokemon Cards

X = 3 is already amazing - you get 9 power for six mana across three Creatures - but dialing that up makes him absolutely nuts

I was opening these for a while for drafts, but once the price on these old packs kept climbing I decided that probably wasn't the best idea

What's really interesting is how this plays in different formats

Use a magnifying glass

The world of online collecting is evolving, and some platforms now let you turn those exciting digital reveals into physical, graded cards that are shipped right to your door

The Pokemon card artist 'taking the border off the artwork' "It's become my everything." Micah Yates is a 25-year-old art graduate living in Berea, Kentucky