pricing japanese pokemon cards East vs West: Comparing English and Pokémon TCG 10+ Rarest Japanese Pokémon cards

We caught up with Pokemon Mattster to talk about all things "gray stamp" and what he loves about the CGC Cards Registry

"Only 4,000 to 10,000 cards were produced, most of which were played with and are now dogeared - so to find one in mint condition like this one, which has a grading of 9 (out of 10), makes it all the rarer." Other rare items listed for Friday's Pokmon Day auction included a full set of mint condition Jungle 1st Edition cards from 1999 valued up to 20,000, which went unsold

This is terrible if you don't have lots of sacrifice fodder, which mostly means you want this in Black/White and nowhere else

Two preconstructed Commander decks are confirmed for the set as well: Blight Curse and Dance of the Elements

The number of counters may increase or decrease

Bandai usually goes with either a full face portrait in the style of Eiichiro Odas art or a full crew portrait, but this time the leader is front and center in all of the alternate arts