#Pokemon ultraball card update#

In February 2021, Steve Aoki purchased one for $420,000. It's generally considered the Holy Grail of Pokemon cards, and fetches ridiculous prices at auction. This is hardly a legal card in the game, instead resembling a Trainer support card and being given out as a trophy to winners of an illustration contest at Japan’s CoroCoro convention in 1998. While many of the cards listed are related to game events and easier to track, perhaps the rarest Pokemon card to ever be sold is the Pokemon Illustrator trainer card. RELATED: Pokemon TCG Celebrations: The Most Valuable Cards It's the only card ever printed to replace the 'TRAINER' text at the top of the card with 'ILLUSTRATOR' Identified by the unique fountain pen expansion symbol, and the two stars in the bottom right corner, this card was awarded to winners of a 1998 CoroCoro illustration contest. While Pikachu Illustrator (technically it's 'Pokemon Illustrator', but most auctions list it as Pikachu) is often seen as one of the rarest Pokemon cards in existence, there are actually 41 verified copies of it in existence, and only 39 officially distributed. In March 2022, Charizard broke its own record, and sold in a PWCC auction for a new high of $420,000. In auction it tends to sell for significantly less, though: last year one sold for $264,000 through Heritage Auctions. These Charizard cards have become one of the prime reasons for the Pokemon Card trend of the past two years, with YouTuber Logan Paul opening one as recently as February 2021 that was estimated by auction site owner Ken Goldin to sell for upwards of $500,000. RELATED: Pokemon: The Most Valuable Blastoise Cards Only 56 have ever been identified by PSA. Second, though shadowless Base Set Charizards are fairly common and number in the thousands, a PSA 10-graded one (meaning it is in mint condition) are incredibly rare. While most base set cards have a shadow on the right side of the art frame, the very first cards Wizards of the Coast printed lacked it, giving them an extra level of value. Specifically, the lack of a shadow means it isn't just a first edition, it's the first print run of the first edition. There are a lot of factors that make this card worth so much compared to any other Charizard card. Charizard and Pikachu Illustrator sold more than ever before, and a few new copies of other cards have been identified.

#Pokemon ultraball card update#

Updated Apby Joe Parlock: Since the last update to this article, a few cards completely obliterated previous sale records. As long as Pokemon remains a popular video game franchise, the Pokemon Trading Card Game will keep on producing new types of cards, but none of them can reach the heights of the rarest and most valuable Pokemon cards in the history of the franchise. New Pokemon cards are still being produced to this day, making many of the oldest Pokemon cards even harder to find. RELATED: Pokemon: The Most Valuable Pikachu Cards (And Some That Aren't Worth Much) We all had a few Caterpies and Rattattas lying around from this trend, and if you managed to collect a coveted card like a holographic Charizard, you were the talk of the school playground and truly got lucky. If you were a Pokemon fan back in the 1990s, you probably have a fair few old Pokemon Trading Card Game cards stashed somewhere in the back of your closet.