Its the birthplace of the franchise and the source market for nearly every grail covered above, and its also where the more affordable cards tend to be cheapest and most plentiful
Sacrifice payoffs reward you for all that sacrificing
My rule of thumb: 4 cards that hose the field's best deck, 4 cards that help your worst matchup, 3 cards that improve your mirror, and 4 flex slots based on the metagame you expect
There is no shortage of powerful creatures to make copies of, which is what allows Creative Energy to shine as a precon
Artifact Sword of Hearth and Home Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from green and from white
As the mascot of the entire franchise, plenty of Pikachu cards end up being worth hundreds of dollars, with the hyper-rare ones often reaching thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars