Already in 2019, before the big hype, one sold at auction for about 243,000 USD
At times, the customization varies as per the card deck dimensions since smaller cards are preferred to have cleaner looks
In tournament, as long as you have at least one Basic Pokmon card in your deck, you can't be punished for playing an impossible evolution cards (like Riolu+Lucario with M Lucario- EX ), you would just have cards in your deck that you are not able to play under any circumstances (you can't put M Lucario- EX into play without Lucario- EX )
Bids for the card, which had a guide price of 30,000 to 40,000, fell short of the reserve price during the auction, but Hansons said the card was afterwards sold to a private buyer
The figures come from AppMagic, which estimates an approximate $2.18 in spending per player during that time - and thats only accounting for spending on Apples App Store and the Google Play Store