{"id":227495,"date":"2024-03-14T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=227495"},"modified":"2024-03-14T11:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:27:42","slug":"pokemon-tcg-torkoal-heats-things-up-dream-league-sm11b-050-049","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/03\/14\/pokemon-tcg-torkoal-heats-things-up-dream-league-sm11b-050-049\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Torkoal Heats Things Up (Dream League [SM11b] 050\/049)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/14101123\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-22.webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Torkoal\" class=\"wp-image-227496\" width=\"840\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/14101123\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-22.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/14101123\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-22-300x155.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/14101123\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-22-768x397.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/14101123\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-22-282x146.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The once-unassuming Torkoal became an overnight superstar in the Pok\u00e9mon video games after receiving the game-changing Drought ability in Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon. Capitalizing on the Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s newfound popularity, the Pok\u00e9mon TCG expansion set Dream League [SM11b] included a Torkoal card of the Character Rare (CHR) rarity\u2014a card that&#8217;s recently seen a notable uptick in value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The card&#8217;s Full Art illustration shows that the Torkoal in question belongs to Lavaridge Gym Leader Flannery\u2014the character depicted alongside the Coal Pok\u00e9mon. Arguably the Pok\u00e9mon series&#8217; third generation&#8217;s most popular Gym Leader, Flannery&#8217;s presence alone makes the card a more desirable pull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the card&#8217;s CHR rarity, the card&#8217;s well-timed release may have contributed to its appeal. Launched during Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s seventh generation, those who played the Pok\u00e9mon video games would likely have been drawn to this card owing to Torkoal&#8217;s new prominence on the video game scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This card was released in English as card 237\/236 of the Cosmic Eclipse set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A copy of the CHR version of a Torkoal (Dream League [SM11b] 050\/049) card has a sale price of \u00a57,999 (~US$54).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In other TCG-related news, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/03\/13\/yu-gi-oh-tcg-from-the-tokyo-dome-to-collections-everywhere-dark-magician-yu-gi-oh-duel-monsters-the-legend-of-duelist-quarter-century-td02-jp001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dark Magician card from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: The Legend of Duelist Quarter Century<\/a>. Alternatively, you can also head over to the SNKRDUNK App via the banner below and find the top trending and latest single cards and boxes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunkappen.page.link\/G4g7_PokemonTCG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151767\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/15110337\/TCG.webp\" alt=\"TCG on the SNKRDUNK App\" width=\"970\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The once-unassuming Torkoal became an overnight superstar in the Pok\u00e9mon video games after receiving the game-changing Drought ability in Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon. Capitalizing on the Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s newfound popularity, the Pok\u00e9mon TCG expansion set Dream League [SM11b] included a Torkoal card of the Character Rare (CHR) rarity\u2014a card that&#8217;s recently seen a notable uptick in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":227496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,18,19,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-latest-news","category-releases","category-tcg"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227495"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227649,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227495\/revisions\/227649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}