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2 Trainer World Summer Challenge Secret-Super Battle Best // $137,500 Master's Key Prize Card // $66,000 Tropical Wind Tropical Mega Battle // $47,100 Espeon Gold Star // $25,100 Neo Genesis Holo Lugia // $25,000 Masaki Promo Gengar // $10,211 Pre-Release Raichu // $10,000 Neo Revelation Shining Gyarados Holo // $9,000 Neo Discovery Umbreon Holo // $6,100 Giovanni's Scheme // $6,000 Pikachu Illustrator // $16.492 Million One of the earliest cards to come out of the Pokmon franchise was this promotional card of Pikachu that was given out to winners of an illustration contest in 1998

Mechanics One of the biggest announcements of the set is the inclusion of new game mechanics

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1996 Pokemon Base Set Japanese NO RARITY SYMBOL #6 CHARIZARD-HOLO Average Raw Price: $8,700 Average Graded Price (PSA8): $21,900 Mitsuhiro Aritaone of Pokmons most prolific illustratorsoriginally sketched this Charizard art in pencil

Silver-bordered Magic doesn't always follow black-bordered rules