{"id":281169,"date":"2024-07-03T17:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=281169"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:55:47","slug":"pokemon-tcg-with-rayquaza-vmax-the-skys-the-limit-vmax-climax-s8b-252-184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/07\/03\/pokemon-tcg-with-rayquaza-vmax-the-skys-the-limit-vmax-climax-s8b-252-184\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Rayquaza VMAX (VMAX Climax [S8b] 252\/184) [Release Date\/Price\/Where To Buy]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Update 2 Jul 2025] This card has recently seen a major price spike and now sells for 14,500 JPY (~US$101) per copy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the Dynamax mechanic from the Pok\u00e9mon video games was brought to the Pok\u00e9mon TCG, to say that it “changed everything” would be no understatement. Pok\u00e9mon VMAX, as Dynamaxed Pok\u00e9mon are known in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG, both highly impacted the metagame and appeared on some of the most coveted Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards of all time. While the Rayquaza VMAX card from VMAX Climax [S8b] doesn’t quite reach that level, it’s nonetheless an extremely impressive pull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Character Super Rare (CSR) card’s stunning Full Art illustration by Hideki Ishikawa takes center stage\u2014and rightly so. The box Legendary of Pok\u00e9mon Emerald already looks overwhelmingly imposing in its own right; hence, its Dynamaxed form would be even more so by quite a distance. Adding to the sheer spectacle of the massive green dragon dominating the sky are the Dynamax clouds around Rayquaza VMAX’s head as well as the auroras that cover the background of the illustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This card is also arguably a call-back to the climax of the storyline from Pok\u00e9mon Emerald. In one of the most iconic scenes in the history of the Pok\u00e9mon video games, Rayquaza descended from the skies to quell the duel between Groudon and Kyogre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, this card benefits from the “female character boost”. Visible on the right side of the card is Zinnia, the Draconid from Pok\u00e9mon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire who’s closely linked to the myths surrounding Rayquaza. Zinnia’s appearance on this card also serves as a nod to the video games which is sure to impress a decent number of buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The English version of this card is card TG20\/TG30 from Silver Tempest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Rayquaza VMAX card (VMAX Climax [S8b] 252\/184) of CSR rarity costs 5,500 JPY (~US$34).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other TCG-related news, check out the Wartortle card from Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a]<\/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\n\n\n

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[Update 2 Jul 2025] This card has recently seen a major price spike and now sells for 14,500 JPY (~US$101) per copy. When the Dynamax mechanic from the Pok\u00e9mon video games was brought to the Pok\u00e9mon TCG, to say that it “changed everything” would be no understatement. Pok\u00e9mon VMAX, as Dynamaxed Pok\u00e9mon are known in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":281171,"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-281169","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\/281169"}],"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=281169"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478950,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281169\/revisions\/478950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}