If you don't actively monitor your cards' value, you risk selling at the wrong time or missing a buying opportunity
The other cards shown off include a Thievul that protects your benched Pokmon, a shiny Radiant Charjabug that can dish out little shocks of damage, and the supporter card Gardenia's Vigor, which can draw cards and attack Grass energy to one of your benched Pokmon
Card Bending This test can also minimally damage cards you may own, but another option to ensure a card is fake or not is to bend it over in half without adding too much pressure (like putting it between books)
In fact, probably a little too efficient for Standard, but the card has found a home in lots of reprint sets ( Modern Masters , Masters 25 , Mystery Booster )
Artifacts represent machines or magical objects
Its holographic background adds to its appeal too