2023 Goldin auction featured a rare illustrator card a 1999 Pokmon Japanese Promo Corocoro Best Photo #1 Snap Bulbasaur which was on the auction block for $51,000
The other item, she says, is called feature artwork tokens, and the card rarity will determine how many players will need to make trades
If you believe price manipulation through highly-marketable sales is a "conspiracy theory", I'll direct you to a video by Karl Jobst on the recent spike in video game sales
That might limit how successful it can be in the long run, as players will be able to sideboard accordingly now they know it's power
For modern cards, Japanese versions typically trade at a 1540% premium over English equivalents
(If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Tapped creatures you control have hexproof