picture of pokemon cards Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet The Most Valuable Shining Cards

The rarest Pokmon cards are Japanese trophy cards that were awarded as prizes at official Pokmon events rather than sold to the public, with the Pikachu Illustrator card being the most famous example

The commander is the new spacecraft card titled Hearthhull, the Worldseed, which appears to be some sort of organic vessel capable of terraforming other planets, piloted by a race of buglike aliens called the Eumidians

The Charizard Gold Star from EX Dragon Frontiers, assuming it's in raw yet gradable condition, is the most expensive of the bunch at just around $20,000

There have only been 13 Smeargle cards in Pokemon history, and two have been in the last year: the first in Evolving Skies, and the second in the next expansion, Fusion Strike

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There was another reason for my decision to play, though