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Ascended Heroes Card Values: The Complete Guide
Ascended Heroes' value sits in its secret rares: 22 Special Illustration Rares hold 79.7% of the set's cost. This guide prices the top 15 cards on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 20, 2026, sets every rarity tier against TCGplayer's pull odds, and compares the set with the five other Mega Evolution Series expansions from Mega Evolution to Pitch Black.
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Destined Rivals Card Values: The Complete Guide
96.1 percent of Destined Rivals' value sits in its 62 secret cards. This guide prices the top 15 cards on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 20, 2026, sets each rarity tier beside TCGplayer's pull rates, and compares the set with five other Scarlet & Violet sets: a one-of-each run costs 3.6 times Journey Together's.
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Crown Zenith Card Values: The Complete Guide
Crown Zenith's value sits in its Galarian Gallery, not its 160-card main set. This guide prices the top 15 cards on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 19, 2026, splits all 230 cards by card type, and sets the Gallery's 89.8 percent share of value against the 30-card Trainer Galleries of four 2022 sets.
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30th Celebration Card Values: The October 2026 Chase Ladder
The RGB Rare Mews top 30th Celebration on asking and guide prices, while Mew ex 152/128 leads the numbered cards backed by same-day sales. This ladder ranks the sale-backed chase cards on Cardboard Alpha's October 15, 2026 evaluated prices, shows how nine of them fell after September 22, and prices the RGB trio and the Classic Collection beside it.
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Surging Sparks Card Values: The Complete Guide
Pikachu ex 238/191 leads Surging Sparks on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 15, 2026. This guide prices the top 15 cards, splits all 252 cards by rarity tier beside TCGplayer's measured pull odds, and ladders seven Pokémon ex from Double Rare to Special Illustration Rare, against a one-of-each cost of $1,106.66.
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Affordable 30th Celebration Illustration Rares: Ten Picks
Ten 30th Celebration Illustration Rares had a Cardboard Alpha evaluated price under $6 on October 11, 2026, from Gholdengo at $1.82 to Morpeko at $5.81. Each rests on six or more recorded same-day sales, and all ten cost 28 to 61 percent less than on September 22.
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Celebrations Card Values: The Complete Guide
Celebrations' value sits in its Classic Collection reprints. This guide prices all 50 cards on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 11, 2026, compares 14 reprints with their original printings, and sets the 2021 Charizard beside the 2026 30th Celebration one.
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Evolving Skies Card Values: The Complete Guide
Evolving Skies' value sits almost entirely in its alternate art. This guide prices the top 15 cards on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 7, 2026, splits all 237 cards by print type, and compares the set with three other Sword & Shield sets: a one-of-each run costs 3.1 times Crown Zenith's, Galarian Gallery included.
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Hidden Fates Card Values: The Complete Guide
Hidden Fates' value sits almost entirely in its 94-card Shiny Vault, not its 69-card main set. This guide prices the top 15 cards on Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for October 6, 2026, splits all 163 cards by tier, and says which prices rest on recorded sales and which on a quoted TCGplayer market price.
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Prismatic Evolutions Card Values: The Complete Guide
Umbreon ex 161/131 leads Prismatic Evolutions at an evaluated raw Near Mint price of $1,167.24 on October 3, 2026. This guide prices every rarity tier, ranks the top 20 cards, shows how much of the set's $4,364.91 value the top ten hold, and prices the Poké Ball and Master Ball reverse holos.
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Base Set Card Values: The Complete Guide
Cardboard Alpha's evaluated prices for September 28, 2026 put a near-mint Unlimited Base Set Charizard at $795.91, Blastoise at $172.98 and Venusaur at $140.97. This guide prices all 16 Holo Rares, the non-holo chase cards and the Trainer and Energy floor, then covers what the Shadowless and 1st Edition prints change and how often Base Set grades a PSA 10.
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Most Valuable Mewtwo Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Shining Mewtwo (Neo Destiny, 2002) is the most valuable English Mewtwo card at a TCGplayer market price of $3,000.00, ahead of the Winner version of the Rocket's Mewtwo promo at $2,400.00. This guide ranks the ten highest-priced Mewtwo cards in TCGplayer's own data, read September 27, 2026, and names the PSA, CGC and auction-house data it does not cover.
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Most Valuable Charizard Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Charizard's price range runs from a press-reported $1.7 million Japanese Base Set PSA 10, and a $550,000 English 1st Edition on Heritage's own record, down to a $10 modern GX. This guide prices the graded sales, three raw vintage prints, and seven modern chase cards from 2019 through 2025.
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Most Valuable Eevee Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
By recorded sale, the most valuable Eevee card is a PSA 10 Legendary Collection 74/110 Reverse Holo at $29,999.00 (eBay, March 1, 2026). Raw, Team Up's Eevee & Snorlax GX Secret Rare leads at $496.49 delivered. This guide ranks both and shows where the order flips.
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Expedition Base Set Card Values: The Complete Guide
Expedition Base Set's top prices sit in a 32-card Holo Rare tier topped by a $949.79 Dragonite, ahead of Charizard. This guide prices every Holo Rare in both finishes from TCGplayer data read September 27, 2026, ranks the rest of the 165-card set by rarity tier, and names the six cards where reverse holo outprices holo.
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Most Valuable Umbreon Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
By raw market price, Umbreon's most valuable English-language card is a 2007 POP Series 5 Gold Star, near $4,700 ungraded, with a PSA 10 sale over $100,000. This guide tracks seven widely collected Umbreon printings by TCGplayer and market price guide data read September 26, 2026, and shows how grading premiums swing from under 2x to more than 100x raw depending on the card.
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Most Valuable Pikachu Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Pikachu Illustrator's PSA 10 sold for $16,492,000 at Goldin Auctions on February 16, 2026. Among English printings, Gold Star Pikachu leads Cardboard Alpha's ledger, ahead of Legend Maker's Pikachu δ, the XY124 Pikachu-EX promo and Generations RC29, each ranked by median PSA 10 sale.
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Most Valuable Articuno Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
The ten most valuable English Articuno singles ranked by TCGplayer market price on September 26, 2026: Supreme Victors 148 leads at $388.32, Rocket's Articuno ex follows at $380.00, and Plasma Storm's full art Articuno-EX and the Skyridge Holo Rare both price at $325 or more. Raw prices only; no graded figure is quoted.
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Most Valuable Rayquaza Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Rayquaza VMAX 218/203, the Evolving Skies alternate art, is the most valuable Rayquaza card on TCGplayer's market, at $1,255.44 as of September 26, 2026. This guide ranks the seven Rayquaza cards priced at $750 or more, shows how much the reverse holo finish moves two 2005 prints, and discloses what it does not price.
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Team Magma vs Team Aqua Card Values: The Complete Guide
EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua's chase tier runs on more than the ex mechanic. This guide prices the 7-card ex ladder, the 12-card Holo Rare tier and the set's reverse holo premium from TCGplayer market data read September 26, 2026.
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Team Rocket Returns Card Values: The Complete Guide
Team Rocket Returns concentrates its value in three Gold Star cards, the first the English-language Pokemon TCG printed. On TCGplayer only Torchic currently carries a raw market price, and it swung between $4,500 and $1,200 in September 2026. PSA 10 auction results tell a clearer story: Torchic at $2.7 million, Mudkip at $1.02 million, Treecko at $132,000.
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Most Valuable Celebi Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
The ten most valuable English Celebi cards, ranked from every Celebi printing in Cardboard Alpha's catalog on TCGplayer market prices read September 27, 2026. Neo Destiny's 1st Edition Shining Celebi leads at $3,000.00, the Crystal Guardians Gold Star follows at $750.00, and all ten come from 2001 to 2006 except one 2019 Secret Rare. No PSA or CGC graded figure appears because psacard.com blocked this pass's direct research.
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Most Valuable Crobat Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
TCGplayer market prices read September 26, 2026 rank the ten most valuable Crobat cards, from the $549.99 Skyridge Holo Rare down to a $59.96 Destined Rivals Special Illustration Rare. Skyridge holds the top two spots outright, with two Team Rocket-era Dark Crobat prints close behind in third and fourth.
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Mega Evolution Era Pokemon Cards: A Value Guide
The Mega Evolution era covers six English Pokemon TCG sets released between September 2025 and July 2026, built around Mega Evolution Pokemon ex cards worth three Prize cards on knockout. This guide dates every set and compares each one's top live chase-card price using the last fully complete daily read of Cardboard Alpha's own ledger, September 26, 2026.
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Most Valuable Blastoise Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
The highest Blastoise sale this guide could document is a $360,000 presentation test print, not a retail card. Among English retail prints, a PSA 10 1st Edition Base Set copy holds the record at $138,880. Raw, a 1st Edition Base Set tops this guide's TCGplayer ranking at $1,300.00, and this guide ranks 21 English prints, every figure dated.
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Alternate Art and Full Art Pokemon Cards: What Drives Their Premium
Alternate-art and full-art Pokemon card premiums come from three things: the official rarity tier, how scarce that tier is inside the set, and demand for the character. TCGplayer prices read September 26, 2026 show Umbreon's alternate-art printings carrying a larger multiple over their standard versions than Charizard ex's Special Illustration Rare, despite an identical rarity tier.
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Most Valuable Dialga Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Dialga's most valuable card is a 2014 Phantom Forces Secret Rare priced at $971.26 raw, roughly 1.9 times the next card in a top ten that spans six TCG eras and five different card mechanics.
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Most Valuable Clefairy Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Clefairy's most valuable card is the 1999 Base Set Holo Rare in 1st Edition Shadowless PSA 10, with an $8,000 median across five reported sales. This guide ranks the ten Clefairy printings with the highest PSA 10 medians, with sale counts, ranges and dates.
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Most Valuable Pokemon EX and GX Cards: A Price Guide
Pokemon-EX (2012-2016 in English) and Pokemon-GX (2017-2019 in English) both give up extra Prize cards when Knocked Out. On Cardboard Alpha's evaluated-price ledger read September 27, 2026, Latias & Latios GX leads both generations at roughly $3,913.85, followed by Gengar & Mimikyu GX at $1,725.99 and M Charizard EX at $1,226.23.
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Most Valuable Dragonite Pokemon Cards: A Price Guide
Across ten Dragonite printings spanning 1999 to 2026, the highest raw TCGplayer market price belongs to a 24-year-old Expedition holo rare, not the newest Ascended Heroes chase card. This guide prices all ten on TCGplayer's published market data, read September 27, 2026, from a $949.79 holo down to a $1.56 Rare.
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Sword & Shield Era Pokemon Cards: A Value Guide
The Sword & Shield era ran 17 English-language expansions from February 2020 to January 2023. This guide prices each set's highest-priced Secret Rare Pokemon card from TCGplayer market data read September 26, 2026, ranks them side by side, and names the Ultra Rare alternate arts that out-price their set's top Secret Rare.
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Scarlet & Violet Era Pokemon Cards: A Value Guide
The Scarlet & Violet era ran 16 mainline expansions from March 2023 to July 2025. This guide prices each set's own flagship chase card from TCGplayer market data on a single read, September 26, 2026, ranks them side by side, and shows where the era's value actually sits.
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WOTC Era Pokemon Cards: A Complete Value Guide
The WOTC era ran 16 English-language sets from Base Set in January 1999 to Skyridge in May 2003. This guide prices each set's flagship card from TCGplayer market data published September 26, 2026, on one like-for-like basis that keeps 1st Edition prints out of the ranking, then covers 1st Edition prices on their own.
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151 Card Values: The Complete Guide
Pokemon TCG: 151 concentrates almost all of its value in 42 secret cards. This guide prices every rarity tier from TCGplayer market data read on September 1, 2026, ranks the ten chase cards, and shows why print rarity does not set the order.
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