The amount of Vault Progress Points depends on the rarity of the received card
It will gain you a fairly negligible amount of life, something like 5-7 a game on average
These answers address legality, value, and long-term collecting outlook
This particular golden treatment of Mega Charizard X ex is currently only available in the Japanese Inferno X expansion (fun fact, Inferno X is also the name of the card's single printed attack)
Four mana for a 4/4 Reach is pretty mediocre, and his attack trigger is so incredibly specific that it likely wont net you much damage over the course of a game
At New York Comic Con, ICv2 spoke with Konami Digital Entertainment Vice President, Card Business Yumi Hoashi, who had details on the Yu-Gi-Oh