Since code cards were made initially to function with Pokmon TCG Online , their first appearance predominantly aligns with the games release
While this record has been completely eclipsed multiple times since then, the scale of this sale and to someone already famous brought attention on the TCG in a way wed never seen before
Kazuo Maki, an associate professor of theoretical economics at Kyoto Tachibana Universitys faculty of economics who is knowledgeable about pop culture, emphasized that the fluctuations in Pokemon card prices mirrored the collapse of an economic bubble
According to PSA, only 44 of these cards have been graded a perfect 10, and these mint condition copies have regularly sold for between $20,000 and $30,000 at auction
from PSA, Beckett, and CGC