![]() ![]() Come Black & White it was changed such that it now fished out three basic Energy cards or Pokémon cards in the same manner, with no coin flip required. The card itself goes back to the dawn of the TCG, first appearing in English in Neo Genesis in 2000, when it relied on a coin flip to see if you could get an evolution card out of the discard pile and into the deck. However, it is a very important card in the live game, and so worthy of a place in our list. Right now, Super Rod is in 14th place when it comes to cash value, hovering just below $US14. This is not one of the best-selling cards in the set, with gold cards really seeming to have had their day when it comes to uber-popularity. Still though, it’s so lovely to look at! That’s thanks to artist Nurikabe, who has previously brought us Lost Origin’s enormously expensive Aerodactyl V (still around the $US100 mark almost a year later) and Crown Zenith’s wonderful Pokémon-packed Kricketune from the Galarian Gallery. That’s playing with fire, especially when there are plenty of ex cards that’ll do more damage with no punitive results. This Stage 2 card is not only hard to get into play, but then every time you use its admittedly enormous 230 attack, you have to discard a whopping five cards from your deck. The Tyranitar illustration rare always looked like a card people would want to collect, even if its playability is somewhat questionable. A classic, bold, and beautifully coloured Pokémon card. It’s currently selling for just over $US18, and honestly, if you pull it you might as well take a sucker’s money. It’s hardly a revelatory card to play, only allowing you to get up to five cards in your hand after putting another to the bottom of your deck (a mostly meaningless act, given how often you have to shuffle.) Dendra’s special illustration rare is, well, nothing special? It’s just a pretty, but very bog-standard anime rendering of the character, with…make what you will of the water fountain imagery. OK, so the international audience over-prices the waifu cards too. Yup, it’s still a lot of money for shiny cardboard, but it’s a very lovely way to be able to draw at least five cards from your deck. Things are significantly more sensible internationally, with artist DOM’s beautiful winter scene (look at those Starly!) selling for a much more realistic $US18. It’s still trading for $US150 ($208) pack fresh, and as much as $US700 ($972) for a graded PSA 10. As you might expect, if you’ve been following the rather awkward tale of so-called “waifu cards” in Japan, the version of this released as part of Snow Hazard is pretty pricy over there. ![]() This is purely because of its looks, the Pikachu evolution offering a hefty 200 point attack, but at the cost of all three energy it takes to use it. They are, in fact, out pricing even the most expensive gold cards, including Chien-Pao ex Gold at just $US14.īut the least expensive card to break the $US15 limit right now is the utterly lovely Raichu Illustration Rare, changing hands for $US17. (All prices are accurate at the time of writing, but are subject to the mad whims of the market.) Raichu (Illustration Rare)Īs you might imagine, the very prettiest cards in Paldea Evolved are all proving relatively popular, with Special Illustration Rares for Meowscarada ex, Skeledirge ex and Tinkaton ex all hovering around the $US15 mark. Right, so let’s dive in, to find out which are the most playable, and sellable, cards in Paldea Evolved. We’ll get into details later, but alongside Super Rod and Jet Energy, it really does seem like the new era is currently proving powerful with its trainer cards, rather than the Pokémon themselves. ![]() However, we are seeing Gardevoir ex and Miraidon ex decks winning in tournaments, albeit primarily supported by yellow-bordered cards, and Paldea Evolved’s Chien-Pao ex working in tandem with the endlessly popular Palkia VSTAR.Īlthough we also have to mention Iono here too, as she steps in to replace the recently rotated-out Marnie. Lost Origin’s Lost Zone cards are still dominating with the likes of Greninja/Comfey/Cromorant decks, while Silver Tempest’s Lugia decks are still enormously popular. When it comes to the live game’s meta, S&V is still having a hard time making a serious dent. The race for second place was always going to be more interesting, and you’ll perhaps be rather surprised to learn what’s there. Having reached a ludicrous peak of $US1,500 for the Japanese version (and still changing hands for over a grand, pack fresh), it was obviously going to be the card to pull for the English-language release. Paldea Evolved launched internationally just about a month ago, with a lot of anticipation surrounding the Special Illustration Rare Iono. ![]()
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