While you might not think it, Carbink BREAKs measly 20 damage attack is something to worry about, because between Strong Energy, Fighting Stadium, Muscle Band, and the new Regirock-EX, it will be hitting for 40/60/80/90+ every turn, which can soften up some Pokemon for your main attackers to finish off, or even take some KOs if they cant get around Safeguard
This card allows the player to completely skip the Stage 1 Evolution, which typically comes after the Basic Pokmon
If she ends up being a top ten card in the format then $10-$15+ is possible
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (Top 8) (excluding lands, bye bye Field of Ruin) Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Top 8) (excluding lands) Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Top 8) (channel lands should have eaten more than half the slots, though Selesnya Echantments did it anyway) Streets of New Capenna (Top 8) (triomes and fetch lands will eat the entire list if lands are included) Cards that I Will Personally Miss After Rotation Lets be honest
A whopping 40 World Championship competitors included Virtue of Persistence in their 75, including many Domain Ramp, Rakdos Reanimator, Golgari Midrange, and Esper Legends players