The card was never printed outside of the tournament, and features the original Pocket Monsters Trading Card Game logo as a set symbol (instead of the regular Pokmon TCG logo), making it quite the rarity
Pokmon as a whole saw a massive boost in interest when Pokmon GO became a global hit, as a huge nostalgia boom erupted around the franchise
Out of print pricing trending up estimated Set landscapeWhere this card sits in XY Base Set fewermore cards Common 31 15 2 48 Uncommon 30 11 1 42 Rare 20 6 26 Ultra Rare 1 4 4 4 1 14 Holo Rare 3 10 3 16 all 0 84 43 10 4 4 1 146 0.5 1 5 15 50 150 150+ Columns = resale price up to $X (log) shade = cards in cell (log) right & bottom = totals white ring = this card VariantsCard variants Holofoil 141/146 $99.69 the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy
But Dragonairs IR, with rikas serene artwork of the dragon gliding through a sunlit ancient water temple, remains one of the most beautiful cards in the entire set and one of its most attainable Illustration Rares
The other card here is a 3-drop with menace to slip through
4 Pikachu ex (Hyper Rare) $97.35 It Just Works Hyper Rare cards can be difficult to pull off, as was evident with the Rainbow and Gold Secret Rares from previous generations
