pokemon card back TCG: Japanese Lot blue color on the back

Poking around a bit, I found quite a few graded cards posted on eBay, and while sellers were asking higher-than-average prices for those cards, one thing seemed pretty obvious: The newer a Magic card is, the less likely grading it will have a significant effect on its value

I have selected four specific cards as examples to explore through a material culture lens

A 4/2 Dragon Shaman with flying for five mana, whenever you cast an adventure, or more importantly, whenever you cast a Dragon, you can deal damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target

With pre-errata Pokmon Catcher, however, this was largely impossible