Whether you’re looking to buy or sell Pokémon TCG cards, this guide will explain what price to expect for a gold card (and also explain the difference between standard golds, alt-arts, and those real gold cards). They’re the kind of card you squeal about when you find in a booster pack. Gold Pokémon cards are, by definition, rare.
And now they have some spare cash laying around, they’re ready to pay a pretty penny of a rare Pokémon card. 1 Trainer and those First Edition Shadowless Holographic Charizards that keep going for six figures.Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) collectors are no longer little kids and gawky teens – as Pokémon has aged, so has the players, collectors and champions who love it. In fact, the 20th anniversary gold Pikachu is one of the rarest Pokémon Trading Card Game pieces one could find, alongside cardboard legends such as the Super Secret Battle No. Goldin’s auction will likely have more luck, as the trading card fervour whipped up in 2020 by a combination of free time, pandemic depression and (sigh) Logan Paul shows little abatement. One ebay listing from 2017 attempted to move one for $9,999.99 (£7,270) but doesn’t seem to have found any buyers. While those kid’s meal collectibles aren’t worth much today given the sheer number pushed out at the turn of the millennium, the Ginza Tanaka version will likely carry a hefty starting bid. Pikachu was one of six critters - alongside Mewtwo, Charizard, Jigglypuff, Poliwhirl and Togepi - to be stamped on a gold-plated brick that came packaged in an oversized Pokéball.
The Pokémon Company teamed up with fast food chain Burger King to distribute gold-plated “cards” as a promotion for 2000’s Pokémon: The First Movie. Surprisingly, the exorbitant collectible isn’t the first time Pocket Monster #25 has appeared in gold - kind of. The steep purchase was housed in a special frame and box emblazoned with both companies’ logos and some commemorative text. If selected, the individual won the chance to purchase a card for 216,000 yen - roughly $2,081/£1,700 at the time. Japanese jeweller Ginza Tanaka was tapped to produce a limited number of the precious metal cards, which the public could snag by entering a lottery. The back of the card carries the Pocket Monsters Card Game logo that did not make it overseas and was created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon TCG in 2016. This ‘Fat Pikachu’ design has fallen out of favour thanks to the ubiquity of the anime’s version of the electric mouse, but the chubby design by Atsuko Nishida remains popular among collectors and longtime fans. Beyond its strange composition, the card boasts the Pikachu art that accompanied the original Japanese release of the trading card game.
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