These sales have cemented the Pokmon Illustrators position as not just the most valuable Pokmon card, but one of the most valuable trading cards of any kind in the world
The result is undeniably pretty cool, but these examples still just reinforce the AIs place as a concept art generator that lays out the building blocks, but not quite creating fully immersive illustrations to tell stories on cards
The cards were generally packaged inside the magazine and most of them had to be peeled off a cardboard backing
Some players say that one means to return the creature immediately and the other means to return it at the next end step, but theres no documented rule saying which is which, and most players use the terms interchangeably
I think its probably best to zero in on Insects and Spiders, though
In fact, Thragtusk was a solid $4-$6 the entire time it was Standard-legal, and only started dropping with reprints