rosa pokemon card Rosa's Encouragement SAR 115/080 - Japanese Trainer Form Rosa Fa Cosmic Eclipse PSA

Early pre-sale data for the Japanese Nihil Zero SIR Mewtwo is already hitting $600 USD , nearly double the price of the Mega Zygarde SIR

+1/+1 counters won't affect the permanent unless it's a creature

For most decks, being restricted to only cards that cost three or more means that Keruga, the Macrosage has the same exact issue as Gyruda, Doom of Depths: you only get to play a single card over the first three turns of the game, leaving you in a position where you're often dead to aggressive decks (this gets even worse in older formats, which are faster and place a higher value on efficiency)

While pull rates for these cards were relatively good (roughly one in every two booster boxes), that combined with the passage of time, nostalgia, and the original limited print run make for a collection of cards that are among the most desirable and expensive in all of the Pokemon TCG