Different Pokmon have different values, usually depending on their rarity
Players began the game as a Pokmon trainer, with a creature given to them by a local professor
Totaly optional, but since you run a lot of basic lands , Drowned Catacomb and Dragonskull Summit could help you fix you many a little
New infamy aside, the card was a prize for a Japanese art competition, and this card specifically the 1998 Pocket Monsters Japanese Promo Illustrator Pikachu of which there are only about 41 confirmed copies in existence, with only 27 graded through PSA, and only one at a PSA 10 rating Of course its not the only expensive Pikachu card, as PriceCharting shows recent eBay sold listings, and PSA shows others through action, and a combination of both can be indicative, if not exact, of the amount of money spent on cards at the moment