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I collected the cards from Gens 1-3, stopped, then started to get back into it in Gen 7 because my nephew got into them around then and wanted someone to trade with, so I would buy cards occasionally for that purpose. The power creep took me by surprise, as with the older cards, basic Pokemon had around 40-50HP, and evolved ones 60-70HP, while nowadays basic Pokemon have 60-70HP, and evolved ones are well into the 100s, over 200HP for the most powerful ones.

As for rare cards, some of my rare cards that immediately spring to ming include Rare Shiny Base Mewtwo, Fossil Kabutops and Zapdos, and Dark Machamp and Alakazam for Gen 1, Raikou for Gen 2 (Not shiny, but there were 2 versions and it's the rarer one), and Mew, Deoxys and Rayquaza for Gen 3 (Mew isn't shiny, but it's one of the secret cards where the number on the card is higher than the number of cards in that set, something like 111/110.) There are more Rare Shiny and rare cards besides those ones. As for newer ones, my nephew gave me Rare Shiny Mega Lucario and Mega Heracross cards.