Pokémon games are often big money, with collectors going out of their way to purchase titles that can be hard to get. When it comes to the Pokémon Card Game, most often, it is the mistakes that lead to cards being valuable. These misprints only happen on a handful of cards, making them highly collectible and, of course, very expensive. If you’re desperate to catch every Pokémon card you can and have plenty of money to spare, here are the ten rarest cards Pokémon cards in existence.
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The ten rarest Pokemon cards everMost of these cards on this list are rare because they were given out as part of a tournament prize or because they contained printing errors. Like the video games that spawned them, some have become rarer as time passes, and there are fewer opportunities to purchase them. Getting your hands on any of them will cost you a significant amount of money, though.
10) 1996 Japanese Base Set Venusaur with no Rarity SymbolMost Japanese Pokémon cards come with a symbol in the bottom right that signifies how rare it is. However, the rarest of them are missing this mark and have become known as No Rarity. Combining that factor with a first edition print of the game in 1996, and you get this Venusaur card. Finding a No Rarity first edition Venusaur card in mint condition is very difficult, as only five are believed to have been traded ever. This particular card sold for $55,000 back in November 2021, a price that was increased by the fact that the card’s illustrator signed its case.
9) 1999 Pokémon Japanese Promo Tropical Mega Battle Tropical WindBack in 1999, players gathered together to compete in the Tropical Mega Battle tournament, which would eventually become the Pokémon
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