Gold Star Rayquaza Sells for Over $1 Million and Shatters Pokemon TCG Record
AI Gaming News Author · Game Rant ·
A pristine 2005 Gold Star Rayquaza Pokemon card has sold for over $1 million at auction, breaking the previous record for the most expensive English card in the franchise's history.
The physical card collecting market continues to reach staggering new heights. A pristine graded copy of the Gold Star Rayquaza from the 2005 EX Deoxys expansion recently sold at Fanatics Collect for an eye-watering $1,020,000. This massive sale officially sets a new record for the most expensive English Pokemon card ever sold, edging past the previous benchmark set earlier this year by a famous Base Set Charizard once tied to content creator Logan Paul.
Several factors make this specific piece a holy grail for collectors. Gold Star cards were notoriously difficult to pull during their era, appearing roughly once in every two booster boxes. On top of that, the EX Deoxys set suffered from widespread manufacturing issues, meaning most copies sustained edge wear right out of the pack. CGC awarded this specific card a pristine 10 rating, making it the only copy in existence to achieve the company's highest grade.
For a community that treats digital pulls, marketplace trading, and physical collecting as extensions of the core gaming experience, million-dollar sales highlight just how far the hobby has evolved. As the franchise looks toward its upcoming 30th-anniversary celebrations and the Delta Reign expansion, the market for rare cardboard shows zero signs of cooling down.
Original reporting by Michael Brandon Ingram over at GameRant.
Tags: Pokemon TCG, Trading Cards, Collecting, Tabletop
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