{"id":298312,"date":"2024-08-01T18:13:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=298312"},"modified":"2024-08-19T17:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:55:57","slug":"relive-a-memorable-decade-with-the-20-most-valuable-2010s-pokemon-tcg-cards-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/08\/01\/relive-a-memorable-decade-with-the-20-most-valuable-2010s-pokemon-tcg-cards-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"Relive a Memorable Decade With the 20 Most Valuable 2010s Pok\u00e9mon TCG Cards Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2010s was certainly a memorable decade in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG. When it started, the fourth generation was coming to a close but at the decade\u2019s end, Gen 8 had just begun. With three full generations as well as portions of two covered during the decade, the 2010s saw its share of some of the most valuable Pok\u00e9mon cards to have ever been sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a list of the 20 cards from the 2010s which generated the highest prices upon sale. This list is ranked by actual prices when sold, not projected or theoretical prices. Thus, every card on the list has been sold for that specific price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20) Charizard ex 030\/XY-P XY-P Promotional Cards (2014) US$1,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Starting off this list is the Charizard ex card from the XY-P Promotional Cards. First launched as a package deal with the March 2014 issue of animanga magazine CoroCoro, this card is notable for having CoroCoro\u2019s dragon mascot watermark behind the attack text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the specific case of this card, the English version is a bigger catch than the Japanese. That\u2019s because the English version was printed with a matte finish\u2014a departure from the norm regarding Pok\u00e9mon-ex cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19) Reshiram & Charizard GX 108\/095 Double Blaze [SM10] (2019) US$1,240<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Not surprisingly, we\u2019ll be seeing a lot of the orange fire dragon on this list\u2014this time in partnership with Reshiram. The rainbow-colored Hyper Rare (HR) version of this card from Double Blaze [SM10] gives obvious \u201cmaster and apprentice\u201d vibes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the illustration might not be quite as dynamic as some of this card\u2019s other versions, this particular card has nevertheless emerged as the standout of its six iterations printed to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18) Pretend Gyarados Pikachu 151\/XY-P XY-P Promotional Cards (2015) US$1,500<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In June 2015, the Pretend Gyarados Pikachu and Pretend Magikarp Pikachu (more on that soon) cards were distributed in honor of Pok\u00e9mon Center Hiroshima\u2019s opening day. Being a promotional card that commemorated a milestone, it\u2019s no wonder that this card sold for as much as it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A common theme throughout this list will understandably be \u201ccommemorative cards\u201d as they were created for a specific occasion. This is just the first of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17) Gengar & Mimikyu GX 103\/095 Tag Bolt [SM9] (2018) US$1,500<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Probably the two most popular Ghost-type Pok\u00e9mon showed up together on this Super Rare (SR) card that perfectly captures the duo\u2019s spectral auras. Another contributing factor to the card\u2019s value was the fact that the card was released during the seventh generation\u2014the peak of Mimikyu\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TAG TEAM GX cards like this one will also make multiple appearances on this list. These cards frequently feature a pair of fan favorites; they were also discontinued after Gen 7, adding to their scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16) Pikachu ex 094\/087 Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary [CP6] (2016) US$1,800<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There\u2019s no better Pok\u00e9mon to honor the Pok\u00e9mon TCG\u2019s 20th anniversary than the face of the Pok\u00e9mon franchise itself\u2014something highlighted by this card\u2019s immense value. As a homage to Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s roots, the Full Art illustration features two other Electric-type Pok\u00e9mon\u2014Electabuzz and Jolteon\u2014in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evoking even more nostalgia and likely serving as the primary driver of this card\u2019s price, the Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary [CP6] version of this card is a reprinted version making use of a card template resembling that of Gen 1 cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15) Pretend Magikarp Pikachu 150\/XY-P XY-P Promotional Cards (2014) US$1,899<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The second of the two cards issued for the opening of Pok\u00e9mon Center Hiroshima, the Pretend Magikarp Pikachu card\u2019s value outranks that of the Pikachu wearing its evolution\u2019s costume. This is likely because Magikarp has something of a \u201ccult favourite\u201d status within the Pok\u00e9mon fandom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there have been other cards linked to Pok\u00e9mon Centers and events related to them, this card has sold for a higher price than any other such card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14) Mewtwo & Mew GX 108\/094 Miracle Twin [SM11] (2019) US$1,925<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This one\u2019s mostly about the nostalgia factor. Mewtwo and Mew were prominently featured in the self-evidently titled Pok\u00e9mon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back<\/em>\u2014a watershed moment in the history of Pok\u00e9mon. As such, any mega-rare card depicting the Psychic-type Legendary duo would be likely to become one of the biggest pulls of its era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The version of this card with a rarity of HR ended up being the pick of its four original versions from Miracle Twin [SM11]. However, this surprisingly isn\u2019t even the 2010s card that\u2019s a TAG TEAM GX card depicting two Psychic-type Legendaries that sold for the highest price, because\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13) Latias & Latios GX 105\/095 Tag Bolt [SM9] (2018) US$2,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026it\u2019s this one. Surprised?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a copy of a Latias & Latios GX card of SR rarity from Tag Bolt [SM9] sold for US$2,000, it set a new record for sale price of a TAG TEAM GX card which to this day hasn\u2019t been topped. The card\u2019s standout feature is its stunning Full Art illustration in which the Eon duo are shown craning their necks to form a heart with the space in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The illustration also alludes to the close bond between the two Legendaries\u2014something which was made most evident in Pok\u00e9mon anime movie Pok\u00e9mon Heroes. The card likely alludes to the film, adding an extra layer to the meaning behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12) Charizard 011\/087 Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary [CP6] (2016) US$4,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The second card on this list from the Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary [CP6], this card was a sixth-generation remake of perhaps the most iconic Pok\u00e9mon TCG card of all time\u2014the original Charizard card from the very first set ever: Gen 1\u2019s Expansion Pack. That fact alone caused it to fetch a massive sale price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s actually an even rarer version of this card which, if a sale were ever to be documented, would cause the card to move up a few spots on the list. Staff members at official events for the pre-release of the Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary [CP6] received versions of this card adorned with gold foil and bearing a \u201cStaff\u201d stamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11) Charizard GX 058\/051 To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow [SM3H] (2017) US$4,200<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This card\u2019s sale for US$4,200 set the record for 2010s cards that aren\u2019t promotionals or specials, and understandably so. Charizard cards are almost always highlights of their respective sets\u2014even more so when the card in question has a rarity of HR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charizard GX is also the most expensive Pok\u00e9mon GX card ever sold for a reason\u2014it\u2019s perhaps the biggest pull of the entire seventh generation. This card almost single-handedly made the dual set of To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow [SM3H] and Darkness that Consumes Light [SM3L] among Gen 7\u2019s most coveted sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10) The Masked Royal 085\/SM-P SM-P Promotional Cards (2017) US$4,500<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This card\u2019s value comes from the fact that it was only made available via very specific means as well as its scarcity. Only winners of Shining Legends Sealed Game Pok\u00e9mon TCG tournaments from July to September 2017 could receive the card. The tournaments were held at participating stores and Pok\u00e9mon Centers; the final one was held as the undercard at the Yokohama Champions League tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 100 copies of this card are in existence. A second version of The Masked Royal is much less valuable; though also originally a promotional card, it was later released in seventh-generation English set Celestial Storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9) Giratina ex 146\/BW-P BW-P Promotional Cards (2012) US$12,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A promotional reprint of a card originally from fifth-generation set Dragon Blast [BW5], just 1,000 copies of this card were ever issued. This alternate-art card was only handed to winners of the Super Rare Card Set Get! Campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone who bought a combination of four Dragon Blast [BW5] and\/or Dragon Blade [BW5] products at participating stores could enter a random drawing for a chance to win one of the 1,000 Giratina ex cards. There was also a Rayquaza ex card of the same quantity as part of the campaign; however, it didn\u2019t even come close to Giratina ex\u2019s value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8) Master\u2019s Scroll 055\/L-P L-P Promotional Cards (2010) US$15,600<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This card was only ever made available to Master Rank members of the Pok\u00e9mon Daisuki Club. To obtain the club\u2019s highest rank, one had to accumulate a minimum total of 8,600 Action Points (AP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes this card such a catch is the fact that the AP system was discontinued in August 2010\u2014just two months after this card\u2019s release. This means that there was just a two-month window during which this card could be obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7) Pikachu (2016) US$29,520<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG, Creatures Inc. partnered with Ginza Tanaka to release a promotional Pikachu card with 11 grams of 24-karat gold embedded into it. While it isn\u2019t known exactly how many copies were produced, the number is known to be relatively limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This card is actually a commemorative reprint of the original Pikachu card from Expansion Pack\u2014the very first Pok\u00e9mon TCG set. When the new gold-infused card was originally released, those interested in the card had to enter a lottery for the opportunity to buy the card. Following that, those selected only had a specific window during which the card could be bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6) Pikachu 279\/XY-P XY-P Promotional Cards (2016) US$32,520<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The fourth and final\u2014and most expensive\u2014card on this list honoring the Pok\u00e9mon TCG\u2019s 20th anniversary was Creatures Inc.\u2019s magnum opus as far as cards related to the milestone are concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only way to obtain this card was to attend one of two 20th Anniversary Festa events in October 2016\u2014the first in Niigata, the second in Nagoya. This card features the logo of the 20th Anniversary Festa; visually speaking, it\u2019s the finishing touch to a card loaded with imagery celebrating the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5) No. 2 Trainer (2013) US$65,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Just six copies of this card exist; they were first awarded to, as one might guess, the runners-up in each age division of the 2013 Pok\u00e9mon TCG and VGC (Video Game Championship) World Championships. The card\u2019s scarcity combined with its prestige undoubtedly drive its price way up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it was never determined who was the original owner of this card when it was sold for $65,000, it\u2019s most likely one from the VGC tournaments. That\u2019s because in 2013, this card was awarded to Worlds VGC runners-up for the first time in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4) Master\u2019s Key 068\/L-P L-P Promotional Cards (2010) US$66,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Every player at the 2010 Japan World Championship final qualification tournament received this card: eight TCG Junior, six TCG Senior, six TCG Masters, eight VGC Category A, and eight VGC Category B players. Thus, in total, there are only 36 copies of this card in existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is the case with No. 2 Trainer, this particular card was most likely originally awarded to a VGC player. In previous years, a Master\u2019s Key card had only been awarded to TCG players; this was the first time that VGC players would receive it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3) No. 1 Trainer (2012) US$72,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Since this card was from before Pok\u00e9mon World Championships prize cards were awarded to VGC players, this means that a mere three copies of this card were ever issued. In 2012, the original recipients were Junior Division champion Shuto Itagaki, Senior Division champion Chase Moloney, and Masters Division champion Igor Costa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, we don\u2019t know who exactly was the original owner of the specific card that sold for US$72,000. However, it\u2019s most likely that it was Costa\u2019s card. The Portuguese legend is a consensus top-10 Pok\u00e9mon TCG player of all time with some analysts even placing him in their top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2) Lillie 397\/SM-P SM-P Promotional Cards (2019) US$108,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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While many prior versions of this card do exist, it was the Extra Battle Day promotional card that made this card one of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG\u2019s immortals. This card was distributed at Extra Battle Day events at participating stores across Japan in October and November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was possible to receive this card by registering for a lottery either in-person on the day of the event or online. Once again, the highly limited nature of this card\u2019s release was the main factor behind its massive value; the fact that it has a Full Art illustration of a female character serves to jack up its value even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1) Ishihara GX TPCi01 Black Star Promos (2018) US$247,230<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A card which was originally not made publicly available, it was distributed to attendees of a private event celebrating The Pok\u00e9mon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara’s 60th birthday held during the 2018 World Championships in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s never been an exact figure on the number of copies of this card that exist; however, estimates as low as 30 and as high as 200 have been theorized by various sources. However, it was primarily the private, mystery-shrouded nature of this card that made it the 2010s card that sold for the highest price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2010s was certainly a memorable decade in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG. When it started, the fourth generation was coming to a close but at the decade\u2019s end, Gen 8 had just begun. With three full generations as well as portions of two covered during the decade, the 2010s saw its share of some of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":298339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,20,18,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-features","category-latest-news","category-tcg"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298312"}],"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=298312"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307823,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298312\/revisions\/307823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}