This is amazing card flow, but it requires you to spend mana, thus hurting your ability to cast what you just drew
Summary Magic: The Gathering cards from the Alpha Set have become extremely valuable, with even common cards worth several thousand dollars
Final Thoughts Getting your Pokmon cards graded is an investment that can, with prior card care and a little research, pay off in the form of higher resale value and marketability
I said, I dont feel its a good idea to have more than one Certificate of Authenticity floating around out there, especially in the case where it seems to have been lost/stolen rather than damaged in a fire/flood etc. I also have no way of personally authenticating the art or its current whereabouts
COLOUR CONSISTENCY: A VISUAL INDICATOR OF AUTHENTICITY The colours on Pokmon cards are carefully calibrated, and any deviation from the standard colour palette can indicate a counterfeit