They measure not just what cards exist but which cards people care about enough to spend money on professionally preserving
Hobgoblin Bandit Lord is hovering around $4 a card now, but the more people get to play with it (and the more they realize it can help set up an alternate win condition in goblin commander decks), the more they should be able to charge for it
However, it has very weak stats, being a Rank 1 Xyz Monster with 500 ATK and 600 DEF that requires any three Level 1 monsters as Xyz Materials
(5 pts) -Negative effects on opponent's life total
Izoni, Center of the Web + Kylox, Visionary Inventor + Voja, Jaws of the Conclave Look, some fun buildaround commanders that are unplayable in the Standard of their sets release
Since then, the Pokmon TCG has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, with over 75 billion cards printed worldwide