Slight miscuts, crimps, and ink smears are usually fine once the card is in a sleeve because judges care mostly about whether the card can be identified and whether it stands out when face-down in a deck
By the time they ramped up production with the Shadowless and Unlimited runs, the First Edition print was already in collectors' hands, and the total number of copies in existence was permanently fixed at a level far below what the market would eventually demand
The more profitable flipping Secret Lairs proves, the more scalpers will start trying to buy, which will only make the problem worse for players who actually want the cards
Here are the sideboarding notes that I half-printed, half-wrote out for myself for the event: I referred to these during every match over the course of the 2-day event
It's not the most expensive Pokmon card of all time, and it's not going to see much play
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