Japanese Base Set Booster Box Heritage Auctions Record Sale: $137,500 Previous Record Sale (per PriceCharting): $125,000 in April Japanese Base Set is in a category of its own because it is not just an important Pokmon TCG release
Just take note that Umi Control does have a couple of Special Summons, as some of their monsters have high ATK but high Levels
Thus a card that dominated the formats it was legal in or has regular play in Modern or Legacy like Atarka's Command, Wild Cantor, Burning-Tree Emissary, Huntmaster of the Fells, Manamorphose, or Bloodbraid Elf, would still need to prove it's chops at the kitchen table
Once you break away from the affinity and modified payoffs of MH3, Mandibular Kite starts to look a little mopey
#4 Ah, bummer, Chinese exclusives are generally ridiculously overpriced I'm still mourning the exclusive Carmine card that is around $300 now