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Mar 3, 2023 · Learn about the factors that determine the value of Pokémon cards, such as rarity, condition, editions, and signatures. See the top 35 most rare and expensive cards, including the record-breaking Pikachu Illustrator card and the Charizard prototypes.
- Ellie Miles
- 1999 Japanese Tropical Mega Battle Promo, Tropical Wind: $161,822. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, an annual Pokemon Trading Card Game tournament was held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- PSA 10 Neo Genesis First Edition Holo Lugia: $129,000. Neo Genesis is effectively the Base Set of the second generation of Pokemon. It was the first time Pokemon from Silver, Gold, or Crystal appeared in the TCG, and it was also marred by many misprints and mistakes in its very first run.
- 1998 Trophy Pikachu Gold (And Bronze): $128,900. At 1998's Japanese Pokemon Lizardon tournament, the top three competitors were awarded with an exclusive Pikachu card, depicting it holding their trophy.
- 2006 Pokemon Promo No. 2 Trainer World Championships: $110,100. Even runners-up get big prizes at the World Championships, with all three finalists at Anaheim, California's 2006 championships each receiving a copy of this massively valuable card.
Aug 21, 2024 · To be frank, in this list of the 20 rarest and most expensive Pokémon cards, the odds that you own any of them are slim. Still, we can hope, right? In this list, we’re running through the...
- Matt Bassil
- Black Triangle Base Set Booster Pack. Price: $2,700. Before starting on the most expensive Pokémon cards, we thought we’d kick things of with this curio. When Wizards of the Coast realized they had accidentally printed too many Base Set booster packs branded with the first-edition logo, they covered the errant symbol with a small black triangle.
- First Edition Shining Charizard. Price: $11,040. One of the coolest Charizard Pokémon cards ever printed, Shining Charizard from the 2000 Pokémon TCG expansion Neo Genesis features a black shiny Charizard, with a foil treatment making the Pokémon literally ‘shine’.
- Pokémon Card Fan Club Shining Magikarp. Price: $14,000. The Japanese-only card Shining Magikarp is rare because it was only available through the Pokémon Card Fan Club.
- Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Holo Mewtwo. Price: $15,000. For a certain generation of Pokémon fans, Mewtwo is the rare Pokémon. It’s unsurprising, then, that a card featuring the character would be worth something.
- Pikachu Illustrator. Sold for $5.275 million in July 2021. The most expensive Pokémon card is the Pikachu Illustrator, which sold for $5.275 million in July 2021.
- 1998 Japanese Promo Silver 2nd-2nd Tournament #2 Trophy Pikachu. Sold for $444,000 in September 2023. With so many of Pokémon’s rarest cards dating back to its earliest tournaments, few come rarer than the Pikachu No.2 Silver Trophy card.
- 1999 First Edition Shadowless Holographic Charizard #4. Sold for $420,000 in March 2022. While a number of first-edition cards from the Pokémon TCG’s early days are worth some money - assuming they’re still in good nick - due to their limited availability and age, this specific version of the holographic Charizard stands out as one of the rarest and most valuable Pokémon cards ever released.
- Pokémon Blastoise #009/165R Commissioned Presentation Galaxy Star Hologram. Sold for $360,000 in January 2021. One of only two such Pokémon cards in existence - making it extremely rare - this Blastoise suddenly became one of the most valuable Pokémon cards of all time after it sold at auction in January 2021 for a whopping $360,000 (£266,000).
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