The Biggest Pokémon Card Crashers And Climbers This Week - May 19

The Pokémon TCG marketplace is moving, and not quietly. With Black Bolt and White Flare coming successful hot, galore Black and White-era cards are abruptly connected each collector’s radar again.

We're seeing monolithic jumps connected cards that person sat unchangeable for years, each due to the fact that Gen V is backmost successful style. If you're looking to trade, currency in, oregon conscionable gawk astatine however weird paper prices tin get, I’ve got you covered.

Here are 5 cards that are flying and 5 that are faceplanting. Some of these are astute buys. Others? Let’s accidental I wouldn’t privation to beryllium the 1 who paid afloat terms 3 weeks ago.

Pokémon Card Crashers

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Leafeon ex from Prismatic Evolutions dropped 21% since mid-April, from $467.85 to $369.96. Still expensive, sure, but that's a large chunk of alteration to evaporate successful conscionable a fewer weeks. If you bought high, I’m sorry. If not, possibly springiness it a fewer much dips earlier you pounce.

And past there’s Eevee ex, besides from Prismatic. Down 28%, present sitting astatine $172 aft peaking supra $240. Honestly, I deliberation Eeveelution fatigue is real. There are conscionable truthful galore of them floating astir that adjacent bully cards are struggling to support their value.

Lillie’s Clefairy ex from Journey Together has slid 26% this month, from $212 to $158. I inactive similar this paper a lot, but the dip is noticeable. Early adopters astir apt paid much than they should have, and present the market's correcting similar it conscionable remembered what wealth is.

Salamence ex is rough. It's down a staggering 63% since precocious March, from $242 to $90.50. That’s not a correction, that’s a full-on clang landing. I wouldn’t beryllium shocked if it dips further. Might beryllium worthy watching, but I wouldn’t interaction it yet unless you’re successful it for the art.

Lastly, we’ve got Iron Crown ex from Prismatic, down 19% conscionable this month. It was sitting astir $84 and is present astatine $67.75. That’s not terrible, but it’s inactive portion of a wide trend. The acceptable had a large debut and present the radiance is fading fast.

Pokémon Card Climbers

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I’ll commencement with Reshiram from Black & White, which has perfectly rocketed. It was sitting astatine a humble $33.92 successful mid-March, and present you’re fortunate to find 1 nether $240. That’s a 150% leap for a paper that’s implicit a decennary old. I’ve seen faster elevators, but not many. With each 156 Unova Pokémon getting caller prints soon, I deliberation Reshiram’s inactive got country to climb.

Then there’s Zekrom EX from Next Destinies, which has gone from $34.63 to astir $392 since March. It’s different reminder that Full Art cards from the EX epoch aren’t conscionable collectible, they’re volatile. In a bully way, if you got successful early. I’d inactive drawback this if it fits your binder, due to the fact that it's lone going to get much attraction erstwhile White Flare drops.

I’m besides watching Sprigatito from Paldea Evolved. The IR mentation has softly crept up from $17.98 successful January to $21.95 today. It’s not a moonshot, but compared to the wide slump of modern IRs, it’s doing amazingly well. Plus, it’s a smug small feline and radical emotion smug cats.

Now for Dialga-GX from Forbidden Light. This 1 was hanging retired astir $14 conscionable 2 months ago, and it’s changeable up to $74.99. I wouldn’t telephone it graceful, but it’s decidedly gaining traction. GX-era cards are getting much attraction lately, and Dialga's property positive playable nostalgia marque it a coagulated clasp successful my opinion.

Don’t laugh, but Vileplume-GX from Cosmic Eclipse is up too. It was stuck astatine $6.83 for what felt similar forever, and present it’s implicit $10. It’s not precisely a golden rush, but it’s 1 of those oddball rares that sneaks up erstwhile nary one’s looking. You’ll convey yourself aboriginal if you propulsion it retired of a bulk container and it abruptly pays for lunch.

Pokémon Card Sealed Boosters

Destined Rivals Sealed Product Preorder Updates

With Destined Rivals dropping May 30 and preorders presently sold retired everywhere, it's a bully clip to support connected apical of the secondary marketplace to find the champion prices.

Best Buy volition restock connected May 23 via a peculiar "Best Buy Drops" preorder lawsuit connected its app, conscionable similar the caller Black Bolt and White Flare expansions preorders.

Best Buy has besides confirmed it volition person Booster Box banal online connected May 30, alongside ETBs, Booster Packs, and much successful store for launch.

You could besides conscionable hold a fewer months for much coagulated stock, but similar I said successful my preview, this acceptable is 1 of my favorites successful the Scarlet and Violet era, and good worthy picking up ASAP.

Christian Wait is simply a contributing freelancer for IGN covering everything collectable and deals. Christian has implicit 7 years of acquisition successful the Gaming and Tech manufacture with bylines astatine Mashable and Pocket-Tactics. Christian besides makes hand-painted collectibles for Saber Miniatures. Christian is besides the writer of "Pokemon Ultimate Unofficial Gaming Guide by GamesWarrior". Find Christian connected X @ChrisReggieWait.