Ironically, the more creatures are saved with rope counters, the more incentive there is to also pay at least until you hit diminishing returns when youre down to tokens or other inconsequential stuff
Most of the legends matter stuff is on a handful of underperforming rares though (i.e., Clive's Hideaway, Serah Farron), so dont expect to build around legends specifically
The values of graded shadowless cards include: [10] Charizard (holographic): $5,44931,402 USD Blastoise (holographic): $9684,765 USD Alakazam (holographic): $6272,310 USD Gyarados (holographic): $2892,300 USD Mewtwo (holographic): $4253,725 USD Even though unlimited cards are the most common base set, theyre still valuable to collectors who want the original Pokmon
(No matter what type that Pokmon is, Alakazam's type is still Psychic.) This power can't be used if Alakazam is affected by a Special Condition