You get regular character cards as well as energy cards, which provides usable items suitable for actual play as well as collectibles that fans love
Redditor CardOfTheRings accuses CGC of "trying to legitimize their second rate grading service with a publicity stunt," reasoning that no one would pay this value when there are "records of similar quality BGS cards capping out at ~500,000." Many others express similar sentiments less politely, with some calling it "blatant laundry", which is meant not in the sense of money-laundering but in terms of artificially pumping up card values to inflate the market more generally
In the early days of the game (1999-2003), both Chansey and Charizard had an HP of 120 that was the highest in the game
Buying separate packs also lets you pick and mix from a variety of sets if you'd like, whereas a booster box contains packs from only one set
For clarification: We are using the card prices according to scryfall.com in Spring of 2021, so if you're reading this at a much later date, it is likely that these prices have changed
As your life points tick down, you can flip facedown cards representing each life point to your hand - if the card drawn has a 'trigger' effect, this can be activated immediately to shake things up
