Below is a screenshot of TCGPlayer.coms Top 10 most expensive Pokmon cards end-of-year recap from 2023, a snapshot in time well into Pokmons post-COVID renaissance
Ancestral StatueAncestral Statue (7,760 Inclusions, 0% of 2,193,073 Decks) Hey, look, it's bad Kor SkyfisherKor Skyfisher and bad Rescuer ChwingaRescuer Chwinga, all in one card
(Big Furry Monster) Scariest Creature You'll Ever See (99/99) - 15 - $21.17 8.86 0.00 Blacker Lotus Artifact - 0 - $31.50 18.14 0.00 Bronze Calendar Artifact - 4 - $0.45 0.52 0.00 Bureaucracy Enchantment - 5 - $1.06 1.14 0.00 Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire Enchantment - 4 - $4.42 0.96 0.00 Cardboard Carapace Enchantment Aura 6 - $2.16 1.13 0.00 Censorship Enchantment - 1 - $6.42 2.39 0.00 Chaos Confetti Artifact - 4 - $3.85 1.16 0.00 Charm School Enchantment - 3 - $0.52 0.53 0.00 Checks and Balances Enchantment - 3 - $0.39 0.49 0.00 Chicken la King Creature (2/2) Bird Noble 3 - $1.31 0.78 0.00 Chicken Egg Creature Egg 2 - $0.31 0.28 0.00 Clam Session Creature (2/5) Clamfolk 3 - $0.29 0.35 0.00 Clam-I-Am Creature (2/2) Clamfolk 3 - $0.30 0.29 0.00 Clambassadors Creature (4/4) Clamfolk 4 - $3.62 0.32 0.00 Clay Pigeon Artifact Creature (1/1) Bird 3 - $0.47 0.47 0.00 Common Courtesy Enchantment - 4 - $0.43 0.57 0.00 Deadhead Creature (3/3) Zombie 4 - $0.32 0.26 0.00 Denied
However, holding the card 16 inches away in a slab should only show light scratches or minor cloudy holos
Grist, the Hunger Tide While I like the new Grist, it doesnt quite reach the same heights as the original Grist, the Hunger Tide
