dragonite ex pokemon card 246/193}Mega Captured in a crystal M Dragonite Ex

The power of the Pathbreaker is bounded only by your ability to pile up power on one creature, inviting explosive combo kills with all sorts of cards

Having flash and being uncounterable makes this thing a nightmare to deal with

Bomat Courier is better if midrange and control decks are popular, while Zurgo Bellstriker is better if speed is what you care about

A number of the most valuable cards in the set feature the fading keyword due to their historical cachet as well as some of them still holding up in terms of sheer power 25 years after this set released

This being said, $280 is a lot of money for a box of cardboard, no matter how valuable that cardboard might be, and even with the expected value being as high as it is, it's certainly possible to open badly and lose money, and this will become more and more possible as the prices of the set's cards continue to drop in value as they are opened