Strategy wise if you put Aron into the active Pokemon spot I would suggest using Take Down every turn because you have no other choice of a move to use
From searching around on auction sites, Ive cobbled together a list of claimed dates and prices the Pikachu Illustrator has fetched over the years: Early 2000s: $23,000 May 8, 2014: $90,000 (PSA 9) Nov 17, 2016: $54,970 (PSA 9) Apr 2, 2022: $5,275,000 (PSA 10) Jun 11, 2022: $840,000 (PSA 9) Sep 23, 2023: $495,000 (CCG 10) Dec 16, 2023: $137,00 (PSA Altered) Aug 8, 2025: $625,000 (PSA 9) Sep 12, 2025: $4,000,000 (PSA 9) If youre looking to pick up something not quite as rare, but still pretty special, Pratte is still selling a PSA 10 Illusions Zorua prize card for a mere $20,000.
It's still a really good and really flexible card draw spell, and later in a match lets you dig even deeper into your deck than Stock Up does
When you have enough copies of a specific card, you can trade copies of it along with Shinedust in order to obtain a Sparkles: Gold Flair, which can then be used on the remaining copies of the same card
A 7,000 Power attack will force at least 2 Counter cards from opponents to shut your attack down
Grading Insights: Pre-Grading for raw cards and Re-Grading insights for slabs