buy vintage pokemon cards so, tokyo is pretty cool for cards... (partial haul) : r/PokemonTCG 1st Edition - Old Pokemon

Many of these cards saw competitive play, and some are highly expensive

PSA 10 copies are exceptionally rare, representing a tiny fraction of an already tiny total population, and they command five-figure prices that have shown no signs of declining even as the broader market has experienced periods of cooling

As you get to later rounds, you have a few vanilla cards with big stats

Alrighty nerds, Ill see you in the next one!

Combine this with a PSA 10 grading and the most popular Pokmon to ever grace the game, and its no surprise that one reached $66,000 in an eBay auction in October 2020

These cards have been highly sought-after by collectors for decades, with one of the rarest modern-day cards sold for a record amount in a game of rock-paper-scissors according to Dicebreaker