Maybe the top end of this is mostly an ego playground for fabulously rich men who'll happily spend $1.77m - the cost of 4.1 million meals for starving people, according to the World Food Programme - on a 2.5 by 3.5 inch rectangle of cardboard, just because they can
Even in Limited, it is incredibly dangerous to do given common effects that return cards from graveyards to their owner's hand
83/82 Dark Raichu
1 Squirtle: Base Set First Edition (Common) $103.82 The Original At The Top The original Squirtle art from the Base Set is iconic, and the first edition, Shadowless copy of this card, is an incredible piece of Pokemon TCG history
By themselves, Blood tokens help you keep new cards flowing into your hand, but in combination with specific cards, they can be even more useful
Lets take a step back and appreciate some of the references