Japanese Beta Presentation Charizard Release Date: 1996 Grading: CGC NM / Mint 8 Pokemon card value at auction: $99,000 The 1996 Japanese Beta Presentation Charizard is one of the rarest prototype cards ever made, used to showcase early TCG designs before the games official release
The bottom half of the card feels sparse in comparison to the gorgeous art going on above it, and it would have been nice to see a bit more of a merging of the two
Similarly, off-center cuts where the card's borders are dramatically uneven, showing much more of one edge than the other, or in extreme cases revealing portions of adjacent cards on the uncut sheet, can command significant premiums
Once youve achieved that, its smooth sailing as every land drop replaces itself while making your creatures better
In that variant the Garruk card starts face up and never leaves the table, so it doesn't hurt that it's oversized