A sealed Japanese box typically sits around $90$150, which makes it one of the more accessible parts of the set to buy
The themes clear: flames consume plants and warp steel, so Fire cards are perfect for shredding those strategies
For collectors, the question isn't if the hobby is slowing down, but rather how high these numbers can actually go while the printers desperately try to catch up to the demand
Board Breakers are mandatory, sadly the only viable ones are Raigeki, Black Hole and Duster (maybe Heavy Storm too, but I wouldn't recommend it)
Lisia's Appeal has been one of the strongest-performing Trainer SIRs in the set since day one, trading at levels that put it ahead of several Pokemon SIRs and confirming once again that character-driven Trainer cards have become a permanent fixture in the upper echelon of the modern market