Top 20 Most Expensive Pokémon Cards

[Applause] oh my God hey guys it's Ash here with WatchMojo and these are the top 20 most expensive Pokemon cards the card that cost like a thousand bucks I think for this list we'll be looking at the most valuable Collectibles from the Pokemon TCG although keep in mind that prices and Rarity are consistently changing but we've done our best to keep the prices relatively accurate what's the rarest Pokemon card you own let us know in those comments below number 20 first edition Blastoise Blastoise go when the very first Pokemon cards were released in North America in 1999 one of the highlights was this so-called shellfish isn't it a turtle anyway if you were lucky enough to pull this original starter back in the day we pray you held onto it and kept it in a sleeve because pristine first edition Blastoise cards can fetch you twenty thousand dollars and up [Music] in case you're wondering this Edition refers to the black stem shown on the left of the Pokemon and indicates it was produced during the very first print run of these cards number 19 first edition Chansey when you think of the most popular Pokemon from the first generation months like Charizard Pikachu and Mewtwo probably come to mind that's our Chansey isn't very high up Rush this Pokemon to the critical care unit [Music] in fact it probably doesn't even make the list in the first place but that didn't stop its original card from exploding in popularity its presence in the original base set has earned it a killer reputation among collectors and they've proven as much with their wallets even though the artwork has been reprinted a few times over the years the original cards still fetch prices well into the thousands evidently being nurse Joy's assistant as it perks number 18. Torchic gold star hi well this one's not so bad I like it that's that I choose Torchic in 2004 the TCG introduced slick colored variants of their most popular Pokemon in order to boost zagging card sales to say it worked would be a massive understatement Pokemon Trading Card Game PX theme Rocket returns back with a vengeance just look at Torchic the Hoenn starter is a beloved fire type and its gold star form was a rare pull inside an already rare set you can probably see where this is going based on its low distribution rates and sky-high popularity nabbing one for a few thousand dollars isn't out the question although if you want one in mint condition you'll be lucky to pay anything less than 25k if you aren't careful this fire type can easily burn a hole straight through your wallets number 17 Delta Charizard gold star ever since his Trading Card debut this Kanto classic has had a habit of racketing up prices and his time in the dragon Frontier set is no different Journey Beyond where powerful Dragon Pokemon rule there Charizard and his new alternate colored look and don't typing flew all the way past one thousand dollars in value and then a sword past 10 and then 20. he's been hovering over there for a few decades but that trend is hard to miss while 20K is hardly a small amount of money if you think you'll ever want one you may want to snag it now after all if there's one thing we know about Charizard cards it's that they don't get cheaper with age wow oh number 16 Rayquaza gold star this iconic con comes from the set ex Deoxys and is part of the coveted Gold Star Line the packs alone for this set go for over 300 and if you're willing to open them you could potentially pull a Rayquaza with over 10 grand oh my God in 2023 apsa 10 graded version of this card sold for a whopping 48 000 if you don't manage to pull this powerful Sky Beast though you still have a chance at the Latios Latias gold star which goes for over 1 500 better than a kick in the teeth this is like one of the creme de la crams of Gold Star Plus this is the best gold star card you can pull number 15 Crystal series as if the TCG didn't have enough rare variants the aquapolis expansion introduced a whole new exclusive species Crystal Pokemon they were marketed as so-called secret cards and that's evident in the fact that only nine Pokemon got the new form Crystal Charizard holy holy you heard that right there are less than 10 different Crystal Pokemon in the whole TCG they turned already rare Pokemon like Ho-Oh and Charizard into Bonafide gold mines since the Crystal series was retired at the end of the e-card era just finding one nowadays costs thousands if you want all nine you'll be writing a check with a whole lot of zeros number 14 University promo Magikarp if the TCG can turn this useless fish into a hot ticket collector's item then anything is possible well anything except finding a university Magikarp for a decent price nabbing one in its original release was hard enough yeah to live in Japan pick up a specific magazine and then fill out a notoriously difficult Pokemon trivia quiz if you manage to do all that you will send this ultra rare a university Magikarp card allegedly only 1 000 copies were ever made and even fewer actually made it into circulation if you don't know what this is this one prayers cards in the hobby with all that it's no surprise that an auction for one of these sold for 66 000 number 13 shining Series in the early Mainline games every wild Pokemon had about a one in 8 000 chance of being an off-colored shiny version so it's only natural that the trading card game introduced their own spin on the formula enter The Shining series The only difference is that instead of your time finding a shiny card takes cold hard cash and a lot of it no matter if it's a Magikarp or a Mewtwo the brand demands astronomical prices it doesn't help that so few Pokemon have shining cards in the first place all to together that adds up to a set that's pretty much worth its weight in gold number 12. first edition Lugia ironically this trading card is just as rare as the legendary Pokemon it depicts foreign [Music] although that shouldn't be too surprising considering the perfect storm of its release window at the peak of pokemania in the late 90s Lugia starred as one of the new box art legendaries for the second generation and that included a starring role in The Beloved Pokemon the Movie 2000 as a result this first edition card has remained an elusive collector's item for over 20 years one [Music] everybody that's pushed its demand well into the thousands and that's for a dinged up vision for a highly graded copy you're looking at a price tag over 50 Grand alright so let's see what he got burst pack oh he got the loogie number 11. Masters scroll promo card one of the most expensive Pokemon cards on the market doesn't even have a Pokemon on it instead it features the prestigious Master scroll which was only distributed to members of a Japanese fan club in 2010. trainers had to participate in several activities and mini games and once they accumulated a whopping 8 600 points they'd receive one of these specialty cards as a reward since the master scroll has never been officially released outside of this Japanese exclusive event overseas buyers have amped up the price to staggering Heights let's just say it's not out of the ordinary to see the Masters scroll touch six figures in value number 10 autographed first edition no Rarity symbol Venusaur Kanto starter check first edition check we could go on but you get the point funnily enough this card does doesn't actually have the traditional Rarity symbol and that only makes it even more special still none of that is the reason Venusaur is so popular the real money maker is the autograph from famed Pokemon illustrator mitsuhiro arita there's supposedly only five of these signed Venusaur cards in existence and that scarcity has led to some absurd prices you can get a standard Venusaur card for a few grand and the same goes for arita's autograph but if you want them together you may want to pull out your piggy bank number 9. master key prize guard while all the cards we've seen so far are incredibly pricey at least they're somewhat in circulation the same cannot be said for Pokemon tournament prize cards these cards are handed out exclusively to the tournament finalists and winners of international Pokemon events meaning you can't just pull one out of a pack and Hunter Butler is your 2020 Dallas Regional champion the first of these is the Masters key prize card there are approximately only 30 of these cards in existence as they were headed out solely to competitors in 2010 Pokemon World Championships if you're fortunate enough to get your hands on one it could fetch you upwards of 20 large number eight number one trainer most of us never bothered to learn the actual game from which the Pokemon Trading Card Game gets its name but if you did and got insanely good at it you might have a shot at getting a number one trainer prize card tournament champions in 1997 received this secret super battle print featuring holographic Mewtwo but it's unlikely any of these recipients thought the card would someday be worth ninety thousand dollars in July of 2020 Heritage auctions sold one in PSA 10 condition for nearly six figures if you are one of only a handful of people in the world to own one it is without a doubt the centerpiece of any collection number seven Umbreon gold star promo there's no hope of pulling this Umbreon from a random pack at least not the rare version instead the only legitimate way to get your hands on this promo Evolution was to accumulate points through japanese-only TCG events since the release window was extremely tight too not many of these Umbreon cards saw the light of day while the English language versions are comparatively cheaper the original Japanese promo cards can and have sold for as much as seventy thousand dollars mind you that's after a few re-releases before more umbreon's entered circulation we can only imagine how much they went for a whole bunch of random crap boom knit nine gold star play promo Umbreon big dog right here number six first edition Charizard [Music] forget Wall Street put your money into Charizards back when the base set was first released this fiery Dragon was the best pull you could get and it still is today in fact there are too many extremely expensive Charizard cards to name including some we already mentioned like shining and Crystal Charizard others like rainbow Charizard shiny charizard GX you get the idea at the very top however is the Holy Grail the first edition base set shadowless Charizard which had a ballpark price of 50 000. the card itself is considered the Crown Jewel of the Pokemon world that is before rapper Logic set a new record with his winning bid of 226 000 in 2020. two cars left oh we got a Charizard since then big boom however the price has dipped back down but it's still the Holy Grail of Charizards even the non-first edition shadowless Charizard is easily still a five-figure card in the right grade number five Magic the Gathering first edition Blastoise before the official English release of the Pokemon TCG publisher Wizards of the Coast made several test cards using their Old Stock the result a first edition Blastoise printed on a magic the Gathering card 20 years later one of them resurfaced and collectors got to work getting a first edition Blastoise on its own will already cost you around 20K but if you want this insanely rare test guard you need to tack on an extra zero that is no exaggeration the card sold for a whopping 216 000 in 2021 and nowadays that price would probably have a three in front of it if another one even exists number 4. ishihara GX Pokemon GX is a variant of trading card that was introduced in the Sun and Moon ERA with much higher HP Pokemon you won't find it in a pack but this unique GX card was presented to a select group of people at a private birthday celebration in 2018 for sunikazu ishihara the CEO of Pokemon International it is unlike any card in existence depicting the Poke boss himself reaching for a master ball and featuring a special congratulations attack to commemorate his 60th birthday at auction this card has sold recently for an unbelievable 247 thousand number three Kangaskhan family event trophy a baby can it looks like it's injured be warned we are now entering the six-figure territory first up the Kangaskhan family event trophy card a prize for participants in the parent-child mega battle tournament in 1998. This Magnificent looking card features Papa Kangas and his baby an appropriate prize for a family-themed event like the master key and ishihara GX trophy Kangaskhan is in the Holy Grail category of Collectibles and there are under 50 of them in existence worldwide only 11 exist in PSA 10 condition one of which sold on eBay in October 2020 the current price a cool 150 000 time to start building those tournament decks number two trophy Pikachu the next card on our list is the trophy card to end all trophy cards presented to winners in the very first Pokemon TC G tournament in 1997 the trophy Pikachu exists in first second and third place forms but all three are remarkably valuable in 2019 a third place iteration sold for 100k after the hobby exploded in Fall of 2020 however you can bet this card is soaring in value at the time of this video it is listed on eBay for 1 million it is a card so unique and unattainable that fake AKA proxy versions of it have sold for over three thousand dollars before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure to go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Pikachu illustrator historically prize guards didn't just go to winners of card game tournaments in 1997 Pokemon hosted the Koro Koro comic illustration contest and winners of this event went home with the now mythical Pikachu illustrator card a total of 39 of these are known to exist in the world and to give you an indication of their value a graded version of one sold for fifty thousand dollars in 2013. since then you can bet the price has been climbing and October 2019 auction saw this piece of Pokemon history go for an astounding 195 000 after the grid sales of this card are even more unbelievable though as Logan Paul purchased a gem mint 10 Gobi for a reported 5 million whether or not it's worth 5 million we'll let you decide did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 18min 31sec (1111 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 10 2023