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The downward trajectory of the value of rare and highly prized Pokmon cards is on full display on price charting sites such as pricecharting.com, where for example, it can be seen that a PSA 9 1st edition Holographic Blastoise card from the Base Set which in February 2021, would have cost a collector a little over $8,000, has a value today of $3,750

This puts a good amount of the fun in opening this particular pack not just in pulling valuable cards but in actually creating a master set featuring every single card including alternate arts