pokemon cards first edition Base Set Shining Charizard Holographic Pokémon PROXY Card 1999 First Edition Machamp Holographic

Its first attack, Wide Blast, costs two Fire and one Colorless energy to deal 50 damage to each of your opponent's benched Pokmon, ignoring resistances and weaknesses

That's not so bad

Binders come in different sizes, from 1 card per page mini binders all the way up to 16 or even 18 cards per page

ETBs for flagship sets : 2-5 minutes leading up to and on launch day, 15 minutes between launches

Not because they lack good cheap cards but because their cards tend to be very one dimensional, they do one thing well but are dead weight when you don't need to be doing that thing

This guide should help with their decision