The card was selling for around $250 for years before suddenly shooting up in price around May 2024
Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored
Surge #227 Bulbasaur #228 Gloom #229 Pinsir #230 Charmander #231 Rapidash #232 Squirtle #233 Gyarados #234 Lapras #235 Electrode #236 Alakazam #237 Slowpoke #238 Diglett #239 Cubone #240 Nidoqueen #241 Nidoking #242 Golbat #243 Weezing #244 Dragonite #245 Pidgeot #246 Meowth #247 Ditto #248 Eevee #249 Porygon #250 Snorlax #251 Venusaur ex #252 Exeggutor ex #253 Charizard ex #254 Arcanine ex #255 Moltres ex #256 Blastoise ex #257 Starmie ex #258 Articuno ex #259 Pikachu ex #260 Zapdos ex #261 Gengar ex #262 Mewtwo ex #263 Machamp ex #264 Marowak ex #265 Wigglytuff ex #266 Erika #267 Misty #268 Blaine #269 Koga #270 Giovanni #271 Brock #272 Sabrina #273 Lt
(For example, consider Vikavolt V, which was out of the spotlight for a long time before finally becoming playable again due to shifts in the metagame.) Finally, note that this is my top ten, so there will be some subjectivity involved
To avoid this, there are some general guidelines that players should follow
Copies are scarcethis is the highest-rarity version of Medius printed so far, and Medius continues to become more generically useful as Power Patron cards are printed for more archetypes, like Elfnote Power Patron from Burst Protocol