The coveted card had been personally owned by Logan Paul and featured prominently in Season 3 of Netflixs King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch
Graded cards sell at a premium over ungraded (raw) copies because buyers can trust the condition without inspecting in person
I recently watched the 2015 World Championship of the TCG, a matchup between Jacob Van Wagner and Mees Brenninkmiejer, and during the second game, after using a Superior Energy Retrieval, Jacob puts down four water energies on his Keldeo EX
It gives you a cheap, small damage sweeper in the early game, or you can foretell it to be a more impactful sweeper later on
Their inventory may be smaller but competition is lower
Im also kind of shocked by how much more affordable Gateway is than the other recent Lorcana standalone release Illumineers Quest: Deep Trouble (which fetches more than twice as much at retail)