A year after the release, the company launched the first 102
Pokémon cards
The Pokemon Trading Card Game crypto world Championship is held. People
pay thousands of dollars for the rarest cards.
As of now, the total number of printed cards exceeds 30 billion.
On July 22, 2021, the most expensive card was sold to
YouTube blogger Logan Paul for $5,275,000!
These cards were only given to winners of the CoroCoro Comic
illustration contest in 1998. The number of existing Pikachu
Illustrator cards can be counted on one's fingers.
№1. Japanese Promo Card Holo Illustrator
Pikachu
— the rarest and most expensive Pokemon card in the crypto world.
This particular card was sold for $369,000 in May 2021, and
its value has since increased.
On the earliest released cards, there were no shadows behind the
words or text, which makes them rare and, consequently,
expensive.
№2. First Edition Charizard, Holographic-SGC Gold
Label
- is a part of the first holographic edition without shadows.
One of only two copies ever released. Sold in January 2021 for
$360,000.
The creator was the American company “Wizards of the Coast”,
which was the original producer of Pokemon cards.
№3. Backless Blastoise - they were manufactured
in 1998 without the characteristic printing on the back.
Ishihara autographed this particular Near Mint card in black
ink, and it sold for $247,230 in April 2021.
The company handed out a limited number of these cards to
employees as part of his 60th birthday celebration in 2017.
№4. Ishihara GX Promo Card
- these cards
bear the likeness of The Pokémon Company president and visionary
Tsunekazu Ishihara.
A card rated 10 out of 10 for its condition sold
for $150,000.
It was awarded to winners of the Parent/Child Mega Battle
Tournament in Japan in 1998.
№5. Japanese Promo Card-Family Event Trophy-Holo
Kangaskhan-оne of the rarest Pokemon cards.