What is Your Pokémon Card Value

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As the most prominent media franchise of all time, Pokémon is worth an incredible $92.121 billion.

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It all began in 1996 when Satoshi Tajiri created the first video game of the franchise: Pocket Monsters: Red and Green, for Japanese audiences.

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Over the next fifteen years, Pokémon became a multi-media franchise, setting records with each installment. The widely successful video game series sparked the creation of a Pokémon TV series with over one thousand episodes.

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On top of that, the Pokémon Trading Card Game is the most popular Collectible Card Game (CCG) worldwide.

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The Pokémon Collecting Craze

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Media Factory introduced Pokémon cards to the Japanese Market in 1996. It took three more years until their release in North America.

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These Pokémon cards sold for crazy prices at auctions held by serious collectors.

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The number of Pokémon cards out there worth $1 or less vastly outnumber those worth even $500.

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5: Kangaskhan Family Event Trophy: $150,100

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The Kangaskhan Family Event Trophy card sold for over $150,000 at an auction in October 2020. This card is so limited in quantity that its value is off the charts.

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4: Wizards Of The Coast Blastoise Prototype: $360,000

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In 1998, Wizards of the Coast wooed Nintendo in an attempt to land the Pokémon Card Trading Game licensing deal for the North American market.

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