Cards most likely to hold value tend to have one or more of the following: Real scarcity Strong Commander demand Reserved List status High-end collector appeal Iconic artwork or history Low supply in good condition Limited promotional distribution Cards that are more likely to lose value include new competitive staples that are expensive only because supply is low, cards likely to be reprinted, and cards whose price is driven mostly by hype
After that, you can protect it with sin free, or you can break it to prevent your opponent from drawing
Chaos Warp Given red doesnt enjoy the parts of the color pie that can answer enchantments or indestructible very well (though it certainly has ways around the latter, at a cost), Chaos Warp is an essential spell for mono-red, and even Rakdos decks
Pikachu Illustrator (CoroCoro Comic) The Pikachu Illustrator is not just the best Pikachu card of all time, its arguably the best trading card of all time, full stop
By this time I was watching @gemmintpokemon and researching online in terms of the differences so I took a risk and opened it