It's not the same as taking on the actual human head-to-head, but it's still a boost to your ego if you can manage to take down the #1 ranked player's deck with your own, more meager stack of cards
Bloodbraid Challenger WotC has this habit of calling up notorious cards, however, the cost to do so oftentimes includes significant tweaks
Erikas Invitation FA ($100+) Yes, theres even more Erika cards in the set, this time its the full art variant, which in my opinion looks better visually, but the hit rates are higher so collectors want the secret art instead
And all for just a single mana
Namely, Pokemon has acquired a US trading card game distributor, so our stock woes could be about to change
Its important to note that, if the player has multiple cards that resolve during this phase, they have free reign over the order in which these effects take place