most expensive card in the world pokémon 23 Rare and Cards Most expensive pokemon card ever
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The flexibility to create tokens on your turn, leave them up as blockers, then cast this at your opponent's end step for to draw a bunch of cards is so good

One of them sold for an outrageous $144,300 in a PWCC auction

There is a critical cut off point in mana cost where the potency of the card becomes less relevant overall

On its own it can take a while to transform, and then it can get transformed back

10 Double-sided token cards

Invasion of Shandalar / Leyline Surge Invasion of Shandalars effect is a decent enough recursion spell, but if you manage to transform it (and keep Leyline Surge from being destroyed) you can cheat any one permanent in your hand onto the battlefield per turn, which can be absurdly good
