For more extensive collections, binders with plastic sheets allow us to categorize cards in a visually accessible way
This stunning Suicune card is usually very hard to find in NM condition, but the only two recent sales were in that condition, clocking in at $335 and $400, leaving a fairly healthy range for cards near the top end of the spectrum
I tend to have a lot of mono-colored cards selected before I fully flesh out my gold column, but even if I dont know exactly which gold cards Ill be using I tend to have a general idea of how many gold cards I want and set those slots aside before I really get into firm numbers for mono-color cards
It puts the rest of the cards into your graveyard not on the bottom of your library
The great power comes from when it's paired with cards like Gardevoir, to charge it up all the quicker
Its important to remember that while you do get fewer cards in Japanese booster packs, you are more likely to get rare cards