Though the popularity of Pokmon and the pandemic had a clear influence on card prices, YouTuber Logan Paul, led to the explosion in value
I decided to bring in the Energy Loop Lugia this version for its more consistent midrange damage output and its ability to preserve those precious double energies, essential for pulling off those Technical Machine combos
Sword of Hearth and Home and a way to either attack with another unblocked creature that can flicker Aurelia or a way to auto-equip, such as Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist, can help combo in this way
4 Hitmonchan Haymakers Make The Dream Work The likely best deck from the Base Set-Fossil era of the Pokemon TCG was Haymaker, a deck that focused on putting Basic Pokemon into play with high HP as well as one-energy attacks that packed quite a punch, in addition to stronger, more energy-intensive attacks that could serve as finishers
Each card has a resource cost to put into play and, of course, managing these resources is going to be important to optimising your actions