The sections ahead break down the standout names behind these numbers: Pikachu Illustrator, the most expensive trading card ever sold the 1st Edition Base Set Charizard that leads every non-Pikachu card the Trophy Pikachu Trainer cards handed out at early tournaments the Pokmon Snap promo cards tied to a 1999 photo contest the presentation and test print prototypes that almost never surface Here is how the record sales stack up by price: Prices and rankings shift over time, so treat this as a snapshot of recorded public sales rather than a fixed order
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1 Radiant Lotus $187.65 It should come as no surprise that the star of the show is the First-Place Foil Radiant Lotus
Great for sellers, bad for getting the best price on a card
You're going to want to be able to manipulate those counters pretty freely since she won't be able to attack or block for at least two turns after you play her otherwise
From an EDH perspective, Unstable Amulet is a payoff for casting exiled cards, and thats a small list, including Passionate Archaeologist and Flaming Tyrannosaurus, so Prosper, Tome-Bound and various Doctor Who decks will rejoice