Competitive players have built decks around Charizard in virtually every format it has been legal, from the original Base Set days through the EX era, the Mega era, the GX era, the VMAX era, and now the modern ex era
In Japan, you can only get Black/White rarity Victini as a promo, with limited copies given away at tournaments and other events
To keep your Pokmon cards in good condition, keep them in separate sleeves
Pillage the Bog is one of the cooler implementations of plot, with controlling more lands and by extension getting more selection from the card being an appealing reason to plot it
The Instigator is a two-drop 1/1 with double strike and the same combat damage trigger to get twice, but won't work until turn 3
To give you an idea, the Charizard V Alternate Full Art card was going for around $193 USD in May 2022, but its now going for around $153 at the time of this post