Anything was possible
Read: MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm Everything new coming to MTG While a slightly less powerful card than Teval, I ended up choosing Kotis for his ability to rescue creatures from the grave and despite not being able to block some flying attacks due to a lack of dragons, I found he was a solid choice
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That said, I did have lady luck on my side as I managed to grade my own PSA 10s of the following Gold Stars, which made reaching my goal exponentially easier since the relative cost of them all in todays prices exceed $15k easily (like, thats the total of prices ive either been offered, sold at or have seen these cards sell at): Vaporeon Metagross Espeon Umbreon Charizard Rayquaza The following were acquired from a trade of PSA 9s + $400 to another EFour member: Mewtwo Alakazam Jolteon The following were cards where I either paid a premium or significantly above market value to acquire, mostly because I had other bidders/buyers I was competing against who are/were also 2-4 cards away from a complete set and were willing to shell out a LOT of money due to low pops and these not really coming up for sale that often (im putting prices on the first 3 as $3k+ as ive agreed to keep the sale prices private with the sellers, but the prices were at a minimum $3,000 USD): Latias ~$3k+ Latios ~$3k+ Torchic ~$3k+ Mew ~$1.5k Gyarados ~$900 I have to say, I would have zero issues reselling the above 5 cards at or much higher than what I paid for them just due to the knowledge of other people who need them as well as the feedback/inquiries ive received on Instagramthe worst I can do is basically break even
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