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#2 Rayquaza VMAX (Alternate Art Secret) Set: Evolving Skies Increase: +$155.56 Current Market Price: $945.36 Rayquaza has broken the four-digit threshold, its Market Price just hasnt caught up yet

When in doubt, grade a card down rather than up

In October 2020, a PSA 10 mint condition first-edition shadowless holographic Charizard was bought by ex-rapper Logic at auction for a sizeable $220,000 (173,000), only to be surpassed a month later when another Charizard of the same specifications sold for $295,000 (210,000)

It protects against removal, re-triggers enters and leaves the battlefield effects, and can easily form the basis of a whole Commander deck if you lean hard into the concept

Technically, a proxy is any stand-in Magic card, so technically a counterfeit card is a proxy, while writing "Underground Sea" on a basic land with a Sharpie also makes a proxy