I have been collecting Pokemon cards for a long time and I have hundreds of them. There are different types of cards; Jungle, Fossil, Rocket, Dark Rocket, Pokeball 2, Edition 1, Base Set, Gym Challenger and Gym Leader, that is 9 types in all.
Pokemon cards all have different values, some of them, rip offs. Ancient Mew, for example, is worth £150.00 but if you sell it you will never even get £100.00 for it. Some Pokemon cards like Magikarp are only worth 5p! This is because they are common and lots of people have got them.
Shinies (which are sometimes called Holofoils) are normally worth between £5.00 and £15.00. Some are even worth over £20.00. I think the most common shiny is Clefairy, but a very hard one to get is a Dark Charizard shiny.
Rocket cards and Pokeball 2 cards are worth more than Base Sets, and the Edition 1 cards are worth much more! These ones have a stamp on them that says Edition 1. This means that all the other cards have been photocopied from that one and that card was stamped afterwards.
If you think you are not getting enough money for your cards, then either don’t sell them or say that they are worth much more than the offer. But you will probably never get the amount it’s worth - even if you know how much it should be bought for.
So, when you are selling or buying Pokemon cards, try to sell or buy them for the right price. To do that, there are Pokemon trading card gamemagazines around.
To buy Pokemon cards in the shops a Deck (60 cards) costs from £6.99 to £7.50 and a Booster pack (11 cards) costs £2.49 or £2.50. Note that Edition 1 cards don’t come in special packs, they come in normal packs by luck. They are very rare.
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Advantages: Good strategy game for all the family & a good collection hobby Disadvantages: Cost; exploitation in card swaps; and value of the the cards
fluffy-bubblegum 01.04.2001 ·
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Advantages: Highly customisable, promotes social interaction,, popular (for the moment) with the children Disadvantages: Prices in the West are ridiculous. Some cards no longer available. Odds of getting premium cards too high.
GoldOpinion 12.09.2000 ·
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