Konamis approach to rebooting the physical card game was a more faithful interpretation, following the rules introduced in the manga as much as possible, while making changes when necessary to create an engaging and entertaining game for all ages - even when the convenience of narrative storytelling to make a duel more exciting was removed
Here are the top valued cards of Pokmon TCG: Sword & Shield Brilliant Stars with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing: Charizard VSTAR Rainbow Rare 174/172: $172.77 Charizard V Alternate Art 154/172: $164.88 Arceus V Alternate Art 166/172: $76.65 Arceus VSTAR Gold Secret Rare 184/172: $72.17 Ultra Ball Gold Secret Rare 186/172: $72.17 Charizard V Full Art 153/172: $36.10 Galarian Moltres V Gold Secret Rare 183/172: $35.63 Arceus VSTAR 123/172: $33.98 Arceus VSTAR Rainbow Rare 176/172: $33.98 Marnie's Pride Full Art Trainer Supporter 171/172: $31.01 Galarian Articuno V Gold Secret Rare 181/172: $29.27 Lumineon V Alternate Art 156/172: $27.04 Charizard VSTAR 018/172: $21.46 Cynthia's Ambition Full Art Trainer Supporter 169/172: $20.56 Galarian Zapdos V Gold Secret Rare 182/172: $19.69 This Pokmon TCG expansion includes a Trainer Gallery subset
Sorcery Path of the Animist Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle
This ensures a consistent functionality of cards in casinos and other commercial settings
Monster Reincarnation Monster Reincarnation is a revival spell that was practically ignored for most of its life
As a brief mathematical aside (feel free to check my work, Quandrix nerds), here is a short comparison of non-generic/staple overlaps with the appropriate predecessor across each Secrets of Strixhaven Commander deck, not counting Sol Ring or Arcane Signet nor generic/staple lands: 7 cards from Silverquill Influence overlap with Silverquill Statement 10 cards in Witherbloom Pestilence to Witherbloom Witchcraft 10 cards in Prismari Artistry to Prismari Performance 5 cards in Lorehold Spirit to Lorehold Legacies 9 cards in Quandrix Unlimited to Quantum Quandrix Seeing the data laid out as such, it's hard to justify my vibes-based analysis as anything more than a poorly calibrated vibes antenna
