Because the Charizard was so effective in the actual trading card game, players used the card often during gameplay, and, as a result, the cards weren't well preserved for future investment purposes.Can you blame them?At the time, who could've guessed they were holding several hundred thousand dollars in their hands while playing a Pokmon trading card game
Chart shows the price of Horsea [1st Edition] #49 at the end of each month going back as long as we have tracked the item.
In black and green, the options for creature recursion and sacrifice outlets are numerous, so consider Gravecrawler or Reassembling Skeleton, or cards that are already mutants (and believe me, we expect more) and think of them as draw two cards when they die
Factors determining value include the cards' rareness, the character (Mew, Mewtwo, Pikachu and Charizard tend to be more valuable) and the artist, who is indicated on the card.