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Full Art vs Illustration Rare Pokémon Cards, Explained
A full art Pokémon card is a card whose picture covers the whole card instead of sitting in a window above the text. "Full art" names a…
How Many Pikachu Illustrator Cards Were Made? The Count, the Population and Every Sale
39 Pikachu Illustrator cards were awarded , to winners of three illustration contests run by CoroCoro Comic in 1997 and 1998: 23, then 8,…
Pokémon Card Prices After Release: How Much Chase Cards Lose
Pokémon card prices go down after release, and for longer than a few weeks: in 2026, the median chase card of a new English set sold at 82%…
Delta Reign Chase Cards: The Top 10, With Prices and Charts
As of November 7, 2026, the day after release, the top chase cards of Delta Reign are the two Mega Rayquaza ex: the Special Illustration…
Ascended Heroes Chase Cards: The Top 15, With Prices and Charts
As of November 7, 2026, the top chase cards of Ascended Heroes are two Special Illustration Rares: Mega Gengar ex at $674 raw and the…
Chaos Rising Chase Cards: The Top 10, With Prices and Charts
As of November 5, 2026, the top chase cards of Chaos Rising are the two Mega Greninja ex: the Special Illustration Rare at $130 raw and the…
Pitch Black Chase Cards: The Top 10, With Prices and Charts
As of November 5, 2026, the top chase cards of Pitch Black are the two Mega Darkrai ex: the Special Illustration Rare at $155 raw and the…
The Top 100 Rarest Pokémon Cards Worth Money, From Most to Least Expensive
The most expensive Pokémon card ever sold in public is the Pikachu Illustrator, at $16,492,000 on February 16, 2026. The Raincoat Pikachu…
30th Celebration Chase Cards: The Top 15, With Prices and Charts
As of November 2, 2026, the top chase cards of 30th Celebration are three RGB Mews, at $3,044 to $4,291 raw (medians over 7 to 30 days),…
Why Are Pokémon Cards So Expensive? The Numbers Behind the Prices
Most Pokémon cards are not expensive. Of the 2,137 cards in the twelve English sets released from January 2025 to September 2026, 45 sold…
How Many Pokémon Cards Are There? The Count in Six Languages
The folio catalog counts 117,196 distinct Pokémon cards in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German and Italian as of November…
Pokémon Center Bangkok: Opening Date, Hours and Goods
Pokémon Center BANGKOK opens on Tuesday, December 1, 2026 , on level 6 of centralwOrld in central Bangkok (unit C604/2, Ratchadamri Road),…
The Most Expensive Pokémon Cards Ever Sold: The Top 15, Grade by Grade
The most expensive Pokémon card ever sold is the Pikachu Illustrator . The only copy graded PSA 10 sold at auction for $16,492,000 on…
Best Pokémon Card Price Apps in 2026: Where Each Price Comes From
The best Pokémon card price app depends on the card in your hand. For English and Japanese cards, PriceCharting shows years of sold prices…
Penny Sleeves, Toploaders and Card Savers: Sizes, Uses and Grading Rules
A penny sleeve is the thin, soft polypropylene sleeve a card goes into first: BCW's measures 2 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (66.7 x 92.1 mm) outside…
Reverse Holo vs Holo: How to Tell and Which Is Worth More
A holo card has its foil on the artwork; a reverse holo, which the publisher calls a reverse foil, usually has foil on everything except…
Riftbound Radiance: Release Date, Legends, Pre-Rift and Products
Riftbound Radiance, the fifth set of the League of Legends Trading Card Game, releases on October 23, 2026 , in English, French and…
Delta Reign vs Storm Emeralda: Release Date, Card List and Chase Card Prices
Delta Reign comes out on November 6, 2026 , in English and on the same day in French, German and Italian, with prerelease events from…
CGC Hong Kong Grading: Prices, Turnaround and Who Grades Where in Asia
On October 5, 2026 , CGC announced that it now grades trading card games, Pokémon included, at its office in Hong Kong instead of shipping…
PSA vs CGC vs BGS vs TAG: Which Grader Is Best for Pokémon Cards
PSA, for most Pokémon cards you plan to sell. On the same cards, a CGC Gem Mint 10 sold for a median 0.44 times the PSA 10 price, a Beckett…
