machamp first edition holographic pokemon card 1st ed. : r/PokemonCardValue Which variation of 1st ed

According to Kotaku, the last Pikachu Illustrator card sold at auction was purchased for $54,970 in 2013

[7] Wizards of the Coast tested a system where, for every match win, players would receive one card, up to 30 per day, but switched the system to higher daily gold rewards

It was a perfect card to run in Standard and elsewhere

I dont know the specifics or truth of it but I know that many people speak about how companies refuse to give out 9s and 10s sometimes simply because they dont want to saturate the market

They also lack the dark shadow that can be found to the right of the picture on unlimited cards, said Holder