pokemon sticker cards TCG: 30th Celebration Eevees most recently discovered Evolutions should not be underestimated in battle Pokemon Sticker cards : r/pkmntcgcollections

In fact, all base set (original set) first editions are shadowless because they were made before the aforementioned mass production

You get the picture: it's a lot of spellcasting

That said, all things considered and say the pop count were equaleven with Charizards general higher overall popularityits possible that Rayquaza would still cost more as it is generally believed to be hands-down the best Gold Star aesthetically/art-wise by a lot of folks and that appeal is what has driven its cost to be historically higher than Charizard for pretty much as long as both cards have existed

I also have some Spike cards that are just powerful and get played strongly and quickly to break things