pokemon pikachu illustrator card card: Logan Paul auctions for $16.5 million Logan Paul's Pikachu Illustrator Smashes

1999 Chansey Base Set 1st Edition: Surprise high-value holo

Because it was never part of a commercial set, it represents a rare piece of Pokmon TCG history

According to a video on the official Happy Meal website, each player chooses one of their cards and then flips a coin to determine either high or low

He pointed out that a drastic price increase in trading cards is somewhat bizarre given that they are just toys. Stocks and real assets, in contrast, are widely regarded as having well-established value similar to cash

True to what the name would suggest, the Pokmon Illustrator Card was originally awarded to winners of the first ever "Pokmon Card Game Illust Artist Contest" in 1997, Japanese manga anthology CoroCoro Comic (which still publishes the Pocket Monsters title to this very day!) invited its readers to submit drawings of their favorite Pokmon for a chance to be featured as illustrations on actual trading cards