There are a lot of cool Pokémon cards around. Those willing to put down a good amount of money can buy these exclusive Pikachu cards.
Even people who have never watched or played Pokémon know who Pikachu is. This static-laden yellow rat has meant a lot to Nintendo with his work as a mascot.
The creature can without a doubt be called one of the most iconic Pokémons ever. You’ll also notice this with the original Pokémon cards, as you pay a kidney (or two) for some of them. These Pokémon cards are worth an absurd amount of money.
Pokémon cards are big business
With all the popular Pokémon games, series, movies and other media, it’s easy to forget where these little creatures came from. It all started with wildly popular trading cards, which still enjoy just as much popularity today.
Whether you collected the cards for their pretty pictures or actually played the Pokémon card game with them, chances are you too have pulled open one of those shiny decks of cards. The fact that rare cards fetch a lot of money is then obvious. Especially those of Pikachu, since it is the mascot.
Special promo cards are a completely different category in terms of price. These special cards are often limited in availability and are issued during exclusive events or happenings. And you notice that in the price. They are sold for huge sums of money through trading platforms.
These are the most expensive Pikachu promo cards
Those who want to buy one of these cards can empty their entire savings account. Even that is sometimes not even enough. These are Pickachu’s most expensive promo cards.
Pretend Magikarp Pikachu 150: XY Promo
Cute this card certainly is. This card showing Pickachu with a Magikarp disguise was issued at the launch of the Pokémon X&Y card series. Despite its high price tag, this card is still sold fairly often.
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Price tag: $1,500 – $2,500
Luigi Pikachu 296: XY Promo
How Nintendo do you want it? This special card is a crossover between Nintendo’s two best-known titles: Super Mario Bros. and Pokémon. Although Pikachu is not wearing the red cap of its somewhat more famous brother here, this Luigi card is still chunky.
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Price tag: $1,500 – $3,400
Poncho-Wearing Pikachu Charizard 208: XY Promo
Pikachu wearing ponchos apparently do well. This time our yellow mascot is wearing a dragon-like cape, namely that of Charizard. In its rarest appearance – so-called “upgraded cards” – you spend almost five thousand dollars. That’s more than four thousand euros.
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Price tag: $1,800 – $4,500
Mario Pikachu 294: XY Promo
Unfortunately for Luigi fans: the Mario crossover map of Pikachu is worth a lot more kink anyway. Especially the upgraded versions of this card fetch big bucks. So it’s quite something if you can show off this card in your collection, provided you’re willing to pay for it.
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Price tag: $1,700 – $6,100
Pikachu 20th Anniversary Festa 279: XY Promo
A festive card issued on Pokémon’s 20th anniversary. Of course, such an exclusive card is going to make a lot of money. And that as Pokémon gets older it will only get more. Therefore, this is the most sought after card by a lot of collectors.
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Price tag: $3,500 – $8,000
