With all of that explained, it actually makes sense that Pikachu would be the most valuable of the Gold Star Pokemon outside of the incredibly rare Umbreon
But enough fans seem willing to pay more for the first and (so far) fanciest version of the card
This allows you to select the most useful of their cards and prevents them from being played against you
As an ACE SPEC card, youre only allowed one of these in your deck, and many decks even future-themed ones will likely opt for generally higher-powered ones, such as Heros Cape, Maximum Belt and Prime Catcher, but Reboot Pod still provides an extremely powerful effect as a future card
Bitter Ordeal is a good card but not too gamebreaking, but its easy to imagine a situation in which this ability quickly gets out of hand
Finally, lets face it upcharging could be the least of ones concerns (looking at you WCG)