german first edition pokemon cards Base Set Booster Pack 1st PSA 9 MINT - Nidoking

Winding Way Another typically green card quality card in that it is a bit different

It even deals some extra damage with its end step ability, which is relevant to this cards strength since it lets decks that care about the graveyard use Valakut Exploration without worrying about losing cards to exile

Sam's namesake card is the most open-ended of these

Increase each roll by 4

Something along the line of a scannable code on cards to verify authenticity would get the job done, but implementing the program would be costly, and it wouldn't help with all the cards that are currently in print (barring some sort of mass-exchange program, which would be even more prohibitively expensive)

This action lets you play any character from your discard for free