The most expensive Japanese promo cards ever produced are all variants of the same card, which makes the Pikachu Illustrator s dominance of this list less of a coincidence and more of a statement about what scarcity, provenance, and condition can do to value
Worse still, as a three mana creature enchant it can just lose you the game when your dork is killed with this on the stack affording a two for one and savage tempo loss
Combining removal and ramp for four mana, and an exceptionally lethal turn with deathtouch on the final step, Binding the Old Gods slowly but reliably turns the game in your favor every turn it remains on the field
If you are not playing green, you will probably rely on a lot of artifact ramp such as the Talismans, Signets, Mind Stone , Commanders Sphere, Thought Vessel, Everflowing Chalice, etc
You can protect yourself from encountering these fake cards by shopping from reputable merchants and doing ample research, especially when searching for single cards
As above, the Birds part here is mostly flavor text