Clefairy as the hottest card in a set? I know. What is happening? This certainly is a very beautiful card, in a very lacklustre set, but why is this particular card getting sold for $199, having peaked at $320?
Well, it’s in large part because this is the card of the Journey Together meta. Dragon decks have recently become a big deal, something only boosted by that previous Salamence, and this Basic card can absolutely devastate them.
Lillie’s Clefairy ex switches any Dragon type card’s weakness to Psychic, which then doubles the damage. And it only needs to be on your bench to do this, making Psychic sets incredibly powerful against the most popular competitive decks that had been dominating. It’s super-powerful in play, too, delivering an extra 20 damage for every benched card on either side of the board, offering a maximum of 220, which is then doubled to 440 against a Dragon type. Boof.
The popularity of the card means the Ultra Rare version is fetching $16, and the regular ex starting at $5 (so ten times more expensive than most other ex cards!). This, combined with the amazing art from Susumu Maeya (who previously gave us that amazing Deerling and Sawsbuck in Temporal Forces), means it’s gone stellar.
However, I suspect it’ll be as nothing when compared to the Marnie’s Morpeko by Susumu Maeya that’ll be in Destined Rivals. I’m predicting at least $400 for that one.
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