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Learn the Strategy: Trading Card Design Tips for Independent Artists Pillar Analysis: This combines extreme Scarcity (a rare artist proof) with irreplaceable History (signed by the creator, from a famed collection) to create a one-of-a-kind collectible

Shadowless Charizard is significantly rarer than the Unlimited printing but was produced in much larger quantities than the 1st Edition version, placing it in a sweet spot of the market that has proven increasingly attractive to collectors as prices for the 1st Edition have reached levels that exclude all but the wealthiest buyers

In MTG terms, the castle and its awesome beast become the Legendary Snow Land Dark Depths - spend 30 mana to melt away the card's Ice counters, and it transforms into the preposterously deadly 20/20 Indestructible flyer Marit Lage - renamed The Black Beast of Aaargh , perhaps Python cartoonist Terry Gilliam's most terrifying creation ever (unless you've seen any of his horror movies, that is)

In Japan, the secondary market for the sale of individual trading cards is huge

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