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The more data points you check, the more confident you can be that you're buying at a fair price or selling for what your card is actually worth.
"It is important to locate the global popularity of Pokmon, and of Japanese animation and computer games in general, within a wider picture of the increasing interconnectedness of transnational media industries and markets, an interconnectedness that in turn reflects larger processes of globalization." "Land of the rising shows: Japanese imports are catching on at broadcast and cable nets"
This double-layered cardstock material is available in 11.8 to 12 pt or 300 to 310 GSM
Given the reasonable 1/3 starting point I think I prefer this to the Mage by a reasonable margin
While North America might be slightly behind the game's launch in Europe, it's been successful even without the U.S