By the looks of things (and judging by MTG Goldfish's price tracker) the Modern Masters 2017 version is the one that's gone up in value the most, from $11.80 at the start of June to $35 now
The most expensive Pokmon card ever sold is the Pikachu Illustrator promo card, which was sold for a whopping $5,275,000 in 2022
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However, they might not be as direct, cost more mana, or have a downside, such as only being there until the end of turn or requiring a sacrifice or a life cost
The life gain played by normal decks to sure up their matches against agro decks has to minimally impact the deck in their other match ups however in decks that are really abusing life as a resource such as Necropotence you typically need some life gain just to enable the continued use of your effects
