Guides, rare card lists and pricing deep-dives
Straight-talking guides for Pokémon collectors — the cards worth chasing, the pricing quirks worth knowing, and the sets worth your binder space.
Yuka Morii Pokémon Cards: The Clay-Art Illustrator Guide
Yuka Morii has illustrated Pokémon cards since 2001 using sculpted clay models instead of digital art — and collectors have quietly built entire sub-collections around her work.
· 6 min read
Funny Pokémon Cards: The Silliest Art, Flavor Text and Designs
Pokémon has been printing cards for 30 years. Some of them are genuinely funny — goofy flavor text, absurd art, Pokémon doing things no 'creature battle game' should contain. He...
· 7 min read
The Most Valuable Pokémon Cards Ever Sold
A ranked guide to the most valuable Pokémon cards on the market — from seven-figure trophy prints to the modern chase cards that clear five figures in PSA 10. Plus how to spot o...
· 10 min read
How Many Pokémon Cards Are There? The Real Numbers
A direct answer: 178 English Pokémon TCG sets, roughly 20,700 unique English cards, and tens of billions of individual cards printed worldwide since 1996. Here's the breakdown.
· 6 min read
VMAX Pokémon Cards: The Complete Collector's Guide
VMAX ran for two years, produced some of the most valuable modern Pokémon cards ever printed, and then disappeared. Here's what VMAX actually is, the sets it appeared in, and th...
· 8 min read
Are Pokémon Cards Worth Anything? An Honest Answer
Most Pokémon cards are worth under a dollar. A small number are worth thousands. Here's how to tell what category yours are in — and what to do about it.
· 8 min read
Graded Pokémon Cards: PSA, BGS, CGC, SGC & How Grading Actually Works
A plain-English guide to the companies that grade Pokémon cards, what they actually look at, and when grading is worth the money.
· 9 min read
Rare Pikachu Cards Worth Looking For
Pikachu has appeared on hundreds of Pokémon cards since 1999, but only a handful pull real collector prices. Here are the standouts — with the exact set, rarity and live eBay li...
· 6 min read