Players can also play trainer and item cards to support their Pokémon. Pokémon require energy cards to perform their attacks - with different attacks needing different amounts of energy - which can damage the opponent’s Pokémon. Once players have selected a Pokémon to be placed into their active slot, as well as any Pokémon on their bench, they take turns to play and activate cards on their board. The Pokémon Trading Card Game sees two players going head-to-head against each other with their respective decks of Pokémon cards. Single rare Pokémon cards have also fetched large amounts of money in the past, including a first-edition shiny Charizard card - which was holographic and shadowless - that was sold at an auction for $264,000 (£197,000), alongside an ‘incredibly rare’ Pokémon card signed by the president of The Pokémon Company, Tsunekazu Ishihara, that went for almost $250,000 (£187,000). Other first edition Pokémon booster boxes have been auctioned off at a wide range of different prices, including one that was sold by Heritage Auctions earlier this summer for a total of $384,000 (£287,000). According to PWCC, “there are suspected to be only a few hundred” of the 1999 Pokémon English Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Booster Box left in circulation, further contributing to the booster box’s high value. The booster box contained 102 first edition cards inside, including potential fan favourites such as Pikachu and Charizard cards illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita and Blastoise and Venusaur cards illustrated by primary character designer and art director Ken Sugimori.īesides the box’s excellent condition, the 1999 Pokémon English Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Booster Box is considered to be an iconic release in the history of the trading card game, having kicked off English-language players’ interest in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The 1999 Pokémon English Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Booster Box was sold for $432,000 (£323,000) this month, beating the previous record holder that was auctioned off for $408,000 (£305,000) by Heritage Auctions.Īccording to PWCC Marketplace, the auction company responsible for managing the record-breaking booster box, it fetched such a high price thanks to it being wrapped in unblemished cellophane, with almost no damage done to the box’s edges. A Pokémon 1st Edition booster box from 1999 has set a new record after being sold at the highest price ever for a sealed box of Pokémon cards at an auction.

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