Shiny Pokmon are the ultra-rare alternate-coloured versions of regular creatures that have been found in the Pokmon games since the series' earliest days
But there's another side: the financial angle
2 Trainer World Summer Challenge Secret-Super Battle Best // $137,500 Master's Key Prize Card // $66,000 Tropical Wind Tropical Mega Battle // $47,100 Espeon Gold Star // $25,100 Neo Genesis Holo Lugia // $25,000 Masaki Promo Gengar // $10,211 Pre-Release Raichu // $10,000 Neo Revelation Shining Gyarados Holo // $9,000 Neo Discovery Umbreon Holo // $6,100 Giovanni's Scheme // $6,000 Pikachu Illustrator // $16.492 Million One of the earliest cards to come out of the Pokmon franchise was this promotional card of Pikachu that was given out to winners of an illustration contest in 1998
Moving on to Blue cards, check out Kuzans new Leader card
For a deck that is mono-colored or is only one type of mana, players normally can take out an additional basic mana card, preferably not going below 20 mana to avoid becoming mana starved