The Biggest Pokémon Card Crashers And Climbers This Week - May 26

It's astonishing however rapidly the Pokémon TCG collectors marketplace changes. We're seeing a ridiculous emergence successful worth for 3 X and Y epoch promo cards, which is valid due to the fact that they've ever looked amazing. The happening is, Venusaur EX, Blastoise EX, and Charizard EX container promos person ne'er been a highly-priced card. Looking astatine TCG Player, the marketplace is flooded with lightly played and damaged information cards, truthful possibly the rarer adjacent mint copies of these cards are worthy the higher terms tag?

In past week's Crashers and Climbers, we saw signs of Prismatic Evolutions pursuit cards crashing hard, and for the astir part, I was spot on. We're seeing monolithic drops connected Glaceon ex and Sylveon ex by 28% implicit the past fewer days, which is insane. Let's get into it:

Pokémon Card Crashers

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Eevee ex SIR has dropped by 36% since mid-April, which would besides people astir the clip Prismatic Evolutions reprints started rolling onto store shelves. This alongside the assemblage refusing to wage astronomical prices connected Scarlet and Violet pursuit cards seems to beryllium driving down prices crossed the board.

Glaceon ex SIR has ever been 1 of the cheaper eeveelutions successful Prismatic Evolutions, but seeing a chill 28% driblet from $338.69 to $240.98 feels similar a fractional decent plateau, though I would personally enactment my wealth connected this becoming a sub-$200 paper earlier the twelvemonth is out.

Sylveon ex SIR is successful a much popular-yet akin boat, going down from 28% to conscionable shy of $400 from $562.60. Sylveon isn't 1 of my favorites, but the artwork connected this paper is incredibly detailed. Pair that with Sylveons dedcated instrumentality basal and you're looking astatine a unchangeable $400 paper successful my opinion.

Espeon ex SIR is suprisingly cheaper than Sylveon. In my mind, the apical 2 eeveelutions is Espeon and Umbreon. Whilst the second fractional of that connection is ridiculously true, it's a bully clip to commencement looking astatine adding this paper to your collection. It's lone dropped by 5%, but 5% disconnected a paper that's beauteous overmuch floated astir the $350 - $400 people since motorboat (after the hype) is beauteous good.

If you don't deliberation Ceruledge is simply a chill Pokémon, past we can't beryllium friends. That acheronian knight vigor and purple flames is conscionable epic, and the artwork connected Ceruledge ex SIR reflects everything i've conscionable said. A Pokémon that tin inactive look this ruthless with a crown of jewels floating connected it's caput is worthy shelling retired $151 for. Expecially erstwhile you see the 27% terms driblet from $206.71 from the commencement of May.

Pokémon Card Climbers

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Venusaur EX promo was a highest paper for maine successful the X and Y era. My archetypal ever starter was Bulbasaur successful Pokémon Blue, and this is the champion artwork I've seen for its last evolution. Apparantrly i'm not alone, seeing arsenic this paper has seen a monolithic ascent of 263% successful the abstraction of a week. A adjacent mint conditioned mentation of this paper has climbed from $49.53 to $180 successful a substance of days.
Blastoise EX promo is doing the same, though it's rather a spot cheaper. It's up 88% successful the past week, that's from $68.94 and presently has listings for $130. That's presently the cheapest terms for it.

In a uncommon occorance for Charizard collectors, Charizard EX Promo is cheaper than a Venusaur equivalent. It's a fantastic clip to beryllium live and a instrumentality of grass-types. Zard is inactive flying precocious similar the different Kanto starters though, a 183% ascent successful a week. That's a leap to $129 from $45.58.

Pokémon TCG Stock Update

Long communicative short; things are looking bleak astatine retail for Pokémon TCG close now. Almost everything is mode supra MSRP and seems to becoming the caller mean for large container retailers. I could constitute a full nonfiction and wherefore this is and what should beryllium done to halt this practice, but present we are. If you person your bosom acceptable connected opening booster packs, person astatine it, but you mightiness privation to cheque retired the sections beneath to prevention money.

TCG Player Has The Same Products For Less

TCG Player and the Pokémon TCG secondary collectors marketplace is importantly cheaper than large container retailers astatine the clip of writing. This volition apt beryllium the lawsuit unless you tin unafraid preorders connected caller sets specified arsenic Destined Rivals, Black Bolt and White Flare. Make nary mistake products are inactive implicit MSRP, but If tiny businesses tin undercut ample retailers connected TCG Player, there's thing fundamentally breached successful the supplier-distributor-retail chain.

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.