After all, with monsters running around everywhere, the humans have to do something to try and stop them
If you win, you then get some spell effect

don't neglect the IR tier as a spending category Join TCGPlayer waitlists for the Elite Trainer Box if your local store is sold out secondary market ETBs were running 30-50% above MSRP at launch but normalize faster than booster boxes Master set including all 165 reverse holos brings total to 409 cards a dedicated 4-inch D-ring binder handles this comfortably, but budget $200-300 for sleeves, holders, and organization supplies If you only want the top three: Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex SIR, Cynthia's Garchomp ex SIR, and Ethan's Ho-Oh ex SIR are the three cards most collectors display from this set and together they cover the villain-vs-hero framing the set is built around Market Insights Top chase values (April 2026): Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex SIR $484-537, Cynthia's Garchomp ex SIR $193-278, Ethan's Ho-Oh ex SIR $143-226, Team Rocket's Moltres ex SIR $115-142, Team Rocket's Nidoking ex SIR $100-125 Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex SIR represents 26% of total set value by itself one of the more top-heavy distributions in the SV era outside of Prismatic Evolutions

However, not only are these considered unnecessary additions which make the game more complicated, but their effects are calculated separately at the beginning of each turn