Each Pokémon card will also indicate how “evolved” the character is-whether it’s in its basic form, Stage One form or Stage Two form-in the upper left-hand corner. Character cardsĮach Pokemon has a type (there are 11 in the trading card game), such as Fire, Water, Psychic, Metal or Dragon.
In the Pokémon universe, there are three different categories of cards that you’ll find in any given deck: Pokémon character cards, Energy cards and Trainer cards. Photo: iStockphoto What are the different types of Pokémon cards? Right now, the trading card game is in its eighth generation, so all of the newer collections of cards will say “Sword & Shield” on the box.
New cards are released every time a new season of the TV show comes out-your kid might refer to this as a new “generation” or “series.” The new series usually coincides with the latest video game titles. Cards also come in booster packs of 10, in tins or blister packs. Theme decks also come with a coin and cardboard markers that can be used in gameplay when deciding which player goes first or when counting damage, but you can also use die instead. Each pack of cards is different, so if your kid doesn’t have any cards (or just a couple), you may want to get him started with a theme deck: a pack of 60 cards that comes in a small cardboard box or metal tin. But your kid might just be interested in collecting the cards he likes best or deems most valuable. The point of collecting the cards is to build a powerful deck of 60 that will help you win battles against other trainers.
As they learn to read, they may also want to play the trading card game. Younger kids (say, JK to grade one) tend to just collect and trade the cards. What are you supposed to do with Pokémon cards? The trainer’s goal is to “catch them all” and, by all, we mean all 800+ of them. The Pokémon themselves are creatures that live in the wild or with their owner (as in your kid), referred to as their trainer. Short for “pocket monsters,” Pokémon exists as a TV show, a trading card game, video games and toys. Pokémon is a Japanese franchise that has been around for more than 20 years (2021 will mark its 25th anniversary!). What is Pokémon? What’s a booster pack? What’s a trainer? And who is this Pikachu fellow he’s always mentioning? Your kid will probably always be one step ahead of you in his Pokémon knowledge, but this guide is a good start.
Here’s an article on Graded Pokemon Cards if you don’t know what Graded Cards are.So your kid has traded in his toy trains and cars for Pokémon cards but you don’t know what he’s talking about half the time. Most of these cards are Professionally-Graded, Gem Mint cards, which are independently certified on their condition. All values are based on actual sales of Pokemon Cards on eBay in 2017. There are no cards “prize cards” in our list. Pokémon TCG fans/players could have plausibly obtained these cards through auctions, trades and/or blind luck pulls. These are cards that appeared in Booster Boxes, Booster packs, Leagues, and/or Starter Sets. Some quick notes on our rankings: These are all cards you could have reasonably collected in the United States. Another PSA 10 also sold for $2000 in November. This card sold for $2600 in December 2017. They also feature shiny/alternate color variants of the Pokemon. Gold star cards feature an embossed foil star next to the Pokemon’s names. The first Gold Star Pokémon to appear on our Top 25 list. (Based on actual “Sold” prices on eBay this year) #15 Gold Star Mew – EX Dragon Frontiers We’re closing out the last 25 days of 2017 with a Countdown of the Top 25 Most Valuable Pokemon Cards.