was pokemon a card game or video game first (The Original PC Version) Play It! Trading A look back at Pokémon

Considered the holy grail of Pokmon cards, the Pikachu Illustrator is an incredibly rare trading card because it was never mass-printed to sell

The standout names span every era: the 1st Edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard, the record holder the Topsun Blue Back Charizard, the earliest of them all the Gold Star Charizard from EX Dragon Frontiers the modern Mega Charizard X ex cards 1st Edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard The 1st Edition Base Set Holo Charizard is the most expensive Charizard ever recorded, with a PSA 10 reaching $954,800 at Goldin in February 2026

Cards like Phyrexian Crusader and Blighted Agent can take players out quickly if you can pump them up

Still, if you untap with it and get to cast a couple of spells, youve been paid off handsomely