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Most Valuable Pokemon Cards by Decade: 1990s Through 2020s

This guide ranks Pokemon cards by decade with two separate lenses: Cardboard Alpha's raw Near Mint evaluated prices for English printings on October 13, 2026, and the highest auction sale found for each decade at Heritage, Goldin and Fanatics Collect. It names the leader of the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s on each lens, adds sale-based PSA 10 prices for the 2010s and 2020s, and shows why the two answers differ.

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The Most Expensive Pokemon Cards Ever Sold: A Running Ranking

This running ranking lists the highest confirmed sale for each Pokemon card, led by the PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator's $16,492,000 Goldin Auctions result on February 16, 2026. It covers the $2.7 million Torchic Gold Star, the seven-figure Gold Star, Charizard and Trophy Pikachu sales of 2026, and the disputed eBay listings left out.

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Most Valuable Arceus Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide

Cosmic Eclipse's Arceus & Dialga & Palkia GX alternate full art (221/236) is the most valuable Arceus card on TCGplayer, at $566.16 as of September 26, 2026. This guide ranks the ten highest-priced Arceus cards from TCGplayer's full Arceus catalog, breaks down the LV.X and AR price spreads inside the 2009 Platinum: Arceus set, and states what it does not price.

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Most Valuable Entei Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide

Cardboard Alpha's live market data prices Entei star, the 2005 EX Unseen Forces Gold Star, at $1,067.00 raw and Near Mint as of September 26, 2026, the top of a ten-card Entei ranking drawn from the 35 English Entei printings in its catalog.

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