a charizard pokemon card V 017/172 Brilliant Stars - Ultra Rare Near Mint /// Near Mint FoilCards in Near Mint (NM) condition show minimal wear from shuffling Pokemon: Mega Charizard X ex

While this might sound like strange advice coming from a MTG finance column, if you need a copy for a Commander deck, you might as well just make a proxy

One turn with all three of these cards in the graveyard and enough mana to do whatever you want will put both of them in your hand and activate the sacrifice ability right away, so you neednt worry about your ability to close a game out in the end your deck has a certain inevitability, giving you the freedom to make your decisions based on what you can do now rather than worrying about your window to win the game irrevocably closing

Its also important to note that cards that work well with mana rocks like Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, Tolarian Academy, and Tinker work exceptionally well in symmetrical decks, as those are all synergistic with all of those cards

The thresholds were calibrated against real decks at known power levels