charizard pokemon card scarlet and violet - ex 161 - Black Star Promo Preserved in a tamper The Most Valuable Charizard Pokemon

At this point, Gardevoir ex is the longest standing threat in the Pokemon TCG meta, having proven itself as one of the greats of the Scarlet & Violet era no matter what new sets (or rotations) throw at us

Only a few have sold at auction over the years, with the most recent being a 9.5-rated card in February 2024 that sold for $180,000

Cards like Rhino, Barrelling Brute also serves the approach of getting larger mana value creatures on the battlefield, as well as Spider Manifestation (possibly the creepiest card of the set)

Key to the City is nifty in that you can use it to discard an Equipment card that you can reanimate with Ratonhnhaktons ability, and later on it can even draw you cards