Old School Pokemon Fan Makes Incredible Find at Yard Sale

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There's nothing quite like pulling up to someone's yard sale and digging through endless amounts of used books, cheap wine glasses, and used-up children's toys from two decades ago. For one lucky Pokemonfan, there was a treasure awaiting them in the form of a collectible piece of memorabilia from the Pokemon Trading Card Game.

It's no secret that Pokemon cards are not just items to collect but rather something to hold onto as a major investment, as many variants grow in rarity and increase in value over time. In some cases, the craze over the worth of these cards has driven many people to extreme lengths, including the theft of $250,000 worth of Pokemon cards.

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Reddit user Datboisommy took to the Pokemon subreddit with their glorious find. With the subject of this post revealing they missed the theatrical release of Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, which hit theaters in July 1998, the image shows their purchase of the ancient Mew card. This specific card was given to fans as an addition to purchasing a ticket for the movie upon release, and those lucky enough to have made it to the theater were able to add it to their collection. Unfortunately for the seller of this card, they may not have been aware of just how rare and exclusive this unit was.

While the card can is still purchasable on sites like eBay and Amazon for as little as $50, their scarcity makes this unit very hard to come by. A single PSA 10 edition of the Mew ancient unit can go for as high as $355 on the open market, putting it up there among some of the most valuable Mew-related cards in the Pokemon TCG. The unit itself comes with a Hit Point rate of 30, and a single attack of Psychic,