Summary
- The Mario Pikachu card from
Pokémon Trading Card Game
sells for over $5,000, making it one of the best-selling crossover cards. - Older cards like the 1999 Charizard card can sell for well over $100,000 in good condition due to the limited edition.
- While Mario Pikachu holds its own, other rare base sets or promo cards can sell for over $7,000 at PSA 10.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game It’s no secret that some of his cards sell for high sums, but his best Pikachu crossover card is now selling for over $5,000. Pokémon Trading Card Game is arguably the most popular tabletop game, complementing the franchise’s successful anime and video games. It saw a major resurgence in 2020, and although it has quieted down since then, it’s still a popular and lucrative hobby for collectors, sellers, and casual fans.
It is common for the older cards that were printed in limited editions to sell the most. The most famous example of this is the 1999 Charizard base set, which can sell for well over $100,000 in good condition. This is an outlier, but cards in good condition for brand new sets, such as the most expensive cards of 2024, can sell for over $100 and make a considerable profit. This is one of the reasons why Pokémon Trading Card Game was so popular, along with the love for the franchise and the extreme beauty of these cards.
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Mario Pikachu crossover card reaches new sales high
Two iconic Nintendo characters on one Pokémon card
This Mario Pikachu card is part of the Japanese XY-P promotional card set released in late 2016. The card combines two of the country’s most popular characters and is a sought-after product. Recently PSA 10 copies of this card can sell for over $5,000, with the current highest sale being $5,488.55according to PriceCharting. However, even grades 8, 9 or 9.5 can be sold anywhere in the range of $2,000 to $4,500. It should also be known that Japanese Pokemon Cards generally sell better than English cards.
How Mario Pikachu compares to other popular Pikachu cards
The Pokémon mascot is very popular
Compared to the other best-selling Pikachu cards, Mario Pikachu holds its own. Even the Luigi Pikachu card that was released with it only reached a little over $3,000 at PSA 10. Most of these best-selling cards are either rare base sets or even rarer promo/hologram prints. At PSA 10 Many of them outperform Mario Pikachu with selling points of $7,000 or moreHowever, none of these points could Pokemon Tickets valued at over $10,000.
Overall, it is impressive that such a new card has reached such a high value compared to the age of cards that usually sell for high amounts. Additionally, lower grade cards can be priced relatively close to each other, as typically any card outside of a PSA 10 will quickly lose value. However, this makes Mario Pikachu harder to obtain for collectors, as the price drop is not as severe. Regardless, this is Pokémon Trading Card Game The price of crossover cards above $5,000 could be a sign of a change in the market for rare, older cards.
Source: PriceCharting
Pokemon
- Created by
- Satoshi Taijiri, Ken Sugimori, Junichi Masuda
- First film
- Pokémon: The First Movie
- Current film
- Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
- Broadcast date of the first episode
- 1 April 1997
Summary
Pokemon, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters, is the over 25-year-old multimedia franchise jointly developed by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. Conceived by Satoshi Tajiri in collaboration with Ken Sugimori and Junichi Masuda, Pokemon is set in fictional worlds where humans live alongside tamable creatures called Pokemon. People who capture, raise, and battle the creatures are known as Pokemon trainers. They embark on extensive journeys across their continents to raise their Pokemon, with the ultimate goal of competing in tournaments and becoming the champion. Pokemon spans several vast areas, from a long-running animated series to a hit trading card game to the medium that started it all, video games. Additionally, Pokemon started the “two-game” trend, where two versions of a game were released and contained different Pokemon/features between the versions, encouraging players to meet up and trade with others so they could “catch” them all.
