- Hello there!
And welcome to the top 10 rarest and most valuable
Pokemon Cards with Leonhart!
My name is Oak.
People call me the Pokemon professor.
This world is inhabited by pocket sized monsters called
Pokemon Cards.
Here's a few right here.
This one's my favorite.
For some people,
Pokemon Cards are collected.
Others use them for matches.
Myself
I study Pokemon as a profession.
A world of dreams and adventures
with Pokemon awaits.
But hold on!
Don't go out just yet.
It's not safe.
And you need a proper guide for protection.
Isn't that right Leonhart?
- Hey guys.
My name is Leonhart.
Before we get into the top 10
most rarest and most expensive Pokemon Cards
in the entire world,
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To the video!
- I'm here live
with the new Pokemon Trading Card game champion.
- [Leonhart] By the making of this video,
you've already turned over your entire childhood room
only to find out your parents threw out your old
Pokemon Card collection.
Within the past few years,
the Pokemon Card game has significantly grown in popularity
and with that came the ever increasing values
of certain cards.
From cards only have been available from winning tournaments
to single cards reaching six figures.
Let's take a trip through Pokemon nostalgia
and see just how much your Pokemon Cards may be worth.
I present to you
the Top 10 Raresst and Most Expensive Pokemon Cards.
The Pokemon Trading Card Game
or Pokemon TCG was originally created back in Japan
in 1996, being based on the successful video games
called Pocket Monsters Red and Green.
Or what would be known as Pokemon Red and Blue
in the United States.
The name Pokemon came from the Roman word
for Pocket Monsters.
Initially being published by Wizards of the Coast,
the Pokemon Company officially took over printing duties
in 2003.
The following top 10 list is a combination of the rarest
and most expensive Pokemon Cards in the entire world.
Some of the following cards are so rare,
they literally had to be hunted down by the best.
Which is why I got one of the best
and four most Pokemon Card collectors in the entire world
to help me with this list.
Mister Scott Pratt, honorable mention.
The snap prize cards were cards awarded in Japan of 1999
to the contestants who submitted their photos
for the Nintendo 64 game Pokemon Snap.
Contestants had to take pictures in Pokemon Snap
seal print the cassette
did I mention this was old?
And store and send them in.
According to Pokemon Trainer's Magazine volume one,
the five winners received 20 copies of their winning card.
The winners were announced in Koro Koro.
Number 10.
The first Pokemon Card to begin us off
is the trophy Kangaskhan PSA 10 Card.
This card was given out in 1998
to winners of the parent child tournament in Japan.
Believed to be less than 30 copies
circulating around the world,
the card fetches over $10,000 if graded as a gem mint 10
from Professional Sports Authenticators
otherwise known as PSA.
And how clever can you be Pokemon?
Parent Child tournament?
Kangaskhan parent and child in the pouch.
Touché indeed.
Number nine,
the master's key is one of the rarest newer trophy cards
with only 17 copies awarded.
This card was awarded to the top three competitors
from each age division in the trading card game event
and the top four competitors from each category
in the video game event
of the 2010 Japan World Championship.
The gold foil stamp below the card text reads,
Pokemon World Championship 2010
Japan National Tournament Prize Card.
Offers them over $10,000 for PSA 10 copies have been made
for these cards.
Number eight.
The 2001 and 2002 Battle Road Trophy cards
are sometimes referred to as the Ash Trophy Cards
because they were trainer cards
that had a character resembling Ash Ketchum
from the TV series.
These cards were only awarded
to the winners of the 2001 and 2002 Battle Roads Tournaments
in Japan, which is a regional qualifying tournament
for the World Championship.
The first place cards
present the Ketchum-like character
with a gold medal around his neck
with six Pokemon in the background.
The second place singles showcases a silver medal
includes four Pokemon in the background
while the third place card has a bronze medal
and two Pokemon in the background.
These were also the first trophy cards
to have the winner's names printed on them.
Pratt estimates that under 100 of these
were distributed.
PSA 10 copies go for over $10,000.
Number seven.
The 2014 Full Art Pikachu Trophy Cards
were only awarded to the winners
of the 2014 Pokemon World Championships
in Washington DC.
Only six copies were ever awarded.
This was also the first year
for the full art design.
There are only one set
of PSA 10 of all three of the artworks in the world.
This set would sell for around 40,000 to $50,000
while there have been offers for well over $10,000
for each single card.
Number six.
Often referred as the holy grail of English Pokemon Cards,
whether you've watched Pawn Stars
and got annoyed at Rick for mispronouncing the word
Poke man
or simply looked at sold listings on eBay,
you'd see that a Beckett Graded 10 First Edition Charizard
recently went for $55,000
as there are only currently two in the entire world.
While the card in itself may not be as rare
as some of the others on this list,
the absolute skyrocketing value of these cards
is why this card is placed at number six.
Even PSA 10 first edition Charizards
are fetching around $20,000 each and rising.
Number five.
The 2001 Tropical Wind
is the rarest Tropical Wind release.
It was only awarded to the Japanese contestants
at the 2001 Tropical Wind.
There's only one PSA graded copy
and has been this way since 2009.
The card has received offers of around $30,000.
Number four.
Numbers four and three on this list
are somewhat interchangeable.
Reportedly released in Japan,
there are only about nine copies of this card.
The TMB singles are trainer cards
that feature Exeggutor in a tropical scene
with a holographic rainbow-like arc in the background
that's gold on the first place card,
silver on the second place single, and bronze on the third.
The PSA population report indicates
that these are more difficult to obtain
in pristine grade than the SSB cards.
Just four of the 11 examples
of the three TMB trophy cards submitted
has been deemed PSA 10s.
Number three.
The three card set of the 1999 Secret Super Battle
Mewtwo cards are another incredibly rare trophy set.
These were awarded to the first,
second and third place finishers
at a tournament in Japan.
They're only believed to be nine to 18 of these cards
manufactured in total.
Pratt owns a three card set
in which the first and second trainer cards
have been graded PSA Gem in 10s
while the third is a PSA eight.
Pratt has been offered five figures for each of the cards,
but doesn't plan on selling them any time soon.
Just 12 of three cards in total
have been submitted to PSA
and there are 10 PSA 10s.
Number two,
the 1997 Pikachu Trophy Cards
are the trophy cards.
They were the first trophy cards
released at the official Pokemon tournament in 1997.
According to official tournament information,
only four copies of each were awarded.
The cards are now 20 years old
and hands down the rarest in some of the most historic
and significant cards in the hobby.
The current/modern Pikachu cards
at the World Championship Tournaments
were modeled after this release.
Pratt has been offered $65,000 for each card
with sales of graded copies at $50,000 each.
Number one.
The 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card
is the most valuable card in the Pokemon Trading Card game.
This card was awarded to winners
of the Koro Koro comic illustration contest
in Japan in January 1998.
Only 20 to 39 copies were handed out.
But far fewer have surfaced for sale.
The card in mint condition earns the highest premium.
The last sale of a mint copy was in Japan for $123,000.
Pratt has sold PSA nine copies of the card
from 50,000 to $60,000.
Pratt is the first person to ever complete
and grade the big three trophy card sets above
with the Pokemon Illustrator card.
He has received offers exceeding half a million dollars
for those 10 cards.
Odds are by this point of the video,
you have either ransacked your own room
or are feverishly looking on eBay for certain Pokemon cards.
While the cards on this video are certainly
the most rarest and expensive Pokemon cards,
the market for Pokemon cards in general
continues to grow each day.
You better hold on to that secret rare card.
Put it in your closet and come back in 20 years.
You may have just found a down payment on a new house.
Remember to subscribe, like and comment
for your chance to win a signed autograph professor
and imposter Professor Oak card
from the original voice actor of Professor Oak.
My name is Leonhart.
Stay awesome, stay positive.
And as always, I'll see y'all in my next video.