1st edition base set booster box opening Pokémon Opening!! 🔥 What is the (raw) EV

This is unlike 2012s Pokemon-EX (uppercase), which were always fully evolved Basic Pokemon that ignored their pre-Evolutions

Prices find a new plateau, and tend to stay there for 3-6 weeks as people get the new card in hand, build decks, and go to town, and as the hype cycle moves on to the next new thing, the card price trends down again very slowly

That said, only three copies of any card can exist in a Deck, so Toon Mermaids can be considered additional monsters that can extend a board by Special Summoning itself from the hand

It's a small detail that signals you're ordering a finished product, not a prototype