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By DKUO

During the late 1990s, CoroCoro Comic, a Japanese manga magazine, held a series of illustration contests in which entrants submitted their own unique Pokémon designs and attacks.

Little did they know then that these contests would give rise to the rarest and most valuable of all Pokémon cards: the Pikachu Illustrator.

Not only did contest winners receive multiple copies of a card that featured their very own winning design, which was exciting in its own right, each of them also received a copy of the Pikachu Illustrator card as an additional prize.

On the card front, contestants received a special message:

"We certify that your illustration is an excellent entry in the Pokémon Card Game Illust Contest. Therefore, we state that you are an Officially Authorized Pokémon Card Illustrator and admire your skill."

Just 39 copies were distributed to the contest winners, but anyone is welcome to guess how many still survive today.

To put into perspective how cherished this holy grail card is throughout the hobby, this card is to Pokémon cards what the T206 Honus Wagner is to baseball cards.

Weiss Auctions raised eyebrows in October 2019 when they sold this exact copy of the card, graded PSA 9 Mint, for a hammer price of $195,000, or roughly $224,250, including the buyer's premium.

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Pokemon Cards V2. A very limited series of 20 unique most expensive Pokemon cards. Initially released in Japan in the 1990s to accompany the Pokémon video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game has transformed into one of the most popular trading card games of all-time. Because of the red-hot popularity of the franchise, some of the most expensive Pokemon cards can sell into the six-figure range... That may sound shocking, at first, but given that Pokémon is a worldwide phenom, there is a vast, passionate collector base around the globe just waiting to get their hands on these prized cards. From trophy cards, to First Edition Pokemon cards, to lesser-known rarities, the value of these cards is quite impressive. A rarity attribute will separate each card where number 1 is the most valuable up to 20. Feel free to follow up the Pokemon collection V1 .

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By DKUO
By DKUO

During the late 1990s, CoroCoro Comic, a Japanese manga magazine, held a series of illustration contests in which entrants submitted their own unique Pokémon designs and attacks.

Little did they know then that these contests would give rise to the rarest and most valuable of all Pokémon cards: the Pikachu Illustrator.

Not only did contest winners receive multiple copies of a card that featured their very own winning design, which was exciting in its own right, each of them also received a copy of the Pikachu Illustrator card as an additional prize.

On the card front, contestants received a special message:

"We certify that your illustration is an excellent entry in the Pokémon Card Game Illust Contest. Therefore, we state that you are an Officially Authorized Pokémon Card Illustrator and admire your skill."

Just 39 copies were distributed to the contest winners, but anyone is welcome to guess how many still survive today.

To put into perspective how cherished this holy grail card is throughout the hobby, this card is to Pokémon cards what the T206 Honus Wagner is to baseball cards.

Weiss Auctions raised eyebrows in October 2019 when they sold this exact copy of the card, graded PSA 9 Mint, for a hammer price of $195,000, or roughly $224,250, including the buyer's premium.

Pokemon Cards 2 collection image

Pokemon Cards V2. A very limited series of 20 unique most expensive Pokemon cards. Initially released in Japan in the 1990s to accompany the Pokémon video games, the Pokémon Trading Card Game has transformed into one of the most popular trading card games of all-time. Because of the red-hot popularity of the franchise, some of the most expensive Pokemon cards can sell into the six-figure range... That may sound shocking, at first, but given that Pokémon is a worldwide phenom, there is a vast, passionate collector base around the globe just waiting to get their hands on these prized cards. From trophy cards, to First Edition Pokemon cards, to lesser-known rarities, the value of these cards is quite impressive. A rarity attribute will separate each card where number 1 is the most valuable up to 20. Feel free to follow up the Pokemon collection V1 .

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