Heres a guide on how to determine the rarity for Scarlet and Violet generation of Pokemon cards (the most recent one): Black Circle = common Black Diamond = Uncommon Black Star = Rare Double Black star = Double rare Double white/silver star = Ultra Rare Gold star = Illustration Rare Double Gold Star = Special Illustration Rare Triple Gold star = Hyper rare Interestingly, special illustration rares tend to be more valuable than hyper rares (but not always)
Although there has been an instance of more cards appearing on auction, as in 2020, two more Illustrator Pikachus were sold by Yuichi Konno, one of the original creators of the Pokemon trading card game
Availability, language, marketplace preference, taxes, shipping, and local demand can all change what a card sells for
For this hes making physical copies of Flora Sky and Vega, which are based on Pokemon Emerald and Fire Red originally for the Game Boy Advance
The data used for this article are real-time eBay auctions and sales within the last 60 days of this article.
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