Groudon Illustration Rare #199
A real surprise entry here. Groudon’s IR card is unquestionably amazing to look at, but is theoretically far more common than all the other SIRs in this top 10.
And yes, it’s a fantastically playable card, monstrously OP given it’s a Basic with a whopping 130 HP, that dishes out 60x damage for discarded Energies across all your Pokémon, and it does all this without a rulebox. However, this card does it in exactly the same way as the regular bulk version of the card that you could pick up for literally 2 cents. Even its reverse holo is only 25c. This IR? $29
This is—to the best of my understanding—because if there’s anything the players like more than a pretty view, it’s a giant dinosaur. Kudos to artist Nurikabe, who is already known for Lost Origin’s previously astonishingly expensive Aerodactyl V (formerly $150, and still now over $80), which managed both a giant dinosaur and flying over a vista.
