While there arent any really clear trends for individual cards aside from the fact that (just like the uncommon Trainer cards associated with Team Rocket) the Rockets Pokmon were among those to appear less frequently in the sample, it is noteworthy that despite smaller sample size the variance is much lower than for the Base Set 2 holos and for the Base Set, Jungle and Fossil samples I showed in an earlier post
Before English Base Set Charizard became a collectible holy grail for an entire generation, Japanese Base Set introduced the Pokmon TCG to the world at large
Gen 9: Sets like Paldea Evolved (279) and Surging Sparks (252) reflect the trend toward large sets with high secret rare counts
The events core monster is Sirenorca, who is designed to work with combos like Beatdown
For the full day-1 market picture including box price history, see our Storm Emeralda release-day price report
Between their abilities in battle, their scarcity, and their designs, V and VMAX cards have everything Pokmon TCG collectors are looking for