Cynthia’s Garchomp ex Special Illustration Rare

No big surprises in the top two, unless you count that these are selling for slightly less than their Japanese counterpoints, rather than the double I was expecting. This spectacular card, which is so detailed that it’s hard to believe it’s not actually moving when you look at it, will currently cost you a cool $210.

Now, it’s worth noting that the price on this one has been unusual. You’ll usually see these cards get a crazy price on day one, as silly people pay massively over the odds for a card that’ll cost half as much in a week. But in the case of this card alone, its current price is higher than where it began, and that’s after it took a dip. This means that unlike most of the prices here that are now levelling out, this one could still be climbing. The fluctuation hasn’t exactly been significant—it only dipped to $195—but breaking the pattern remains of note, and we could be about to see this climb much higher. At grade 10, it’s currently dancing around the $1,000 mark.