Rarest Cards in the Hobby

[megacon]

@oldschoolpika

What about the inverted WB stamp promo’s. They say 30 copies of each one?

yes, those are pretty rare, but those are just infamous errors, like the PreRelease Raichu. So i dont really count those in this thread. I count them personally, but for this thread, no.

[KingPokemon]

@pfm

@KingPokemon

Total unadulterated bunk. That’s story number 50. Where’s another copy then? In 18 years where is one? The “high level” employees you’re talking about we’re making 35k a year and nobody is there that was there then. Don’t you think some of them, if they really had one would have hit the open market in all these years?
Quit fantasizing and wake up.

Hey, not saying I believe it, just going by what I’ve heard and what Bulbapedia says.

***

Gary steps away from his computer with a subtle grin. He makes his way over to the otherside of the room, illuminated only by the soft glow of the computer monitor. His grin widens as he stands in front of an old bookcase. Gary slowly reaches over to a dusty-looking book sitting on the shelf at eye-level. The spine is engraved with the title Chewing Rye by the author Professor E. Lease. The book is pulled outward and stops on a 45 degree slant while a loud *CLICK* echos throughout the room. The bookshelf grinds along the ground as it is split asunder, revealing a small dark opening. “Fools,” Gary mutters under his breath, “no one else can know the secret”. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. Gary’s fingers scan though his contacts and stops on the contact listed as S. He hits the dial button and after ringing twice, a voice speaks from the other end. “Hi, everyone this is s-m-pratte. I’m not here right now, please leave a message.” *BEEP* Gary speaks in a hushed voice: “They were curious again tonight. I made sure they stopped asking questions. We had to let Chumlee into the society for the spot on Pawn Stars, but no one else!” Gary hangs up abruptly and swiftly grabs a flashlight laying nearby. The flashlight clicks on and illuminates the back wall to reveal… 6 to 12 PSA 10 Prerelease Raichu hanging on the wall.

Gary’s phone begins to ring ♪ I wanna be, the very best, that no one ever was… ♪ He raises his phone answer and a sudden feeling of shock overcomes him as he reads the words “Unknown number”. Gary swipes the phone to answer the call and weakly utters “Scott…?”. A distorted voice responds: “Yessshhh, this is Scottt, but probably not the one you’re looking forrr. This is pkmnflyingmastttrrr and I know all your secretttsss…” Gary is unable to mouth a single word and his phone drops to the floor. With a shaky hand, he directs the flashlight at the wall of Raichu and… one was missing! “NO, IT CAN’T BE.” He throws the flashlight to the ground and runs back to the computer monitor. His trembling hands can barely provide the input to get him to the PSA population report. His eyes find the row 1999 Pokemon Game 4 Charizard-Holo 1st Edition and he follows the row to the GEM-MT column. The cell reads 164. “NO… NO… NOOOOOOOO!!!”

That was hilarious😂 You are a real talent.

I love bulbapedia and I’d say they are way more accurate than not. Keep in mind though that WE are Bulbapedia. For now, a computer is only as good as the programmer though. Or isn’t that true anymore? Lol

[acebren]

@oldschoolpika

What about the inverted WB stamp promo’s. They say 30 copies of each one?

Thats another urban legend, they’re very scarce, but there’s never been any proof that only 30 copies were produced

[morgan]

@acebren

@oldschoolpika

What about the inverted WB stamp promo’s. They say 30 copies of each one?

Thats another urban legend, they’re very scarce, but there’s never been any proof that only 30 copies were produced

It seems like the Pikachu and Electabuzz are much rarer than the other two. Why would that be if an equal number of each were produced.

[acebren]

@morgan

@acebren

Thats another urban legend, they’re very scarce, but there’s never been any proof that only 30 copies were produced

It seems like the Pikachu and Electabuzz are much rarer than the other two. Why would that be if an equal number of each were produced.

I don’t know if there was an equal amount of each produced or not, but when we’re talking about such a small amount of cards, it may just come down to what cards ended up surviving, remember who these promos were given out to

[cullers]

@acebren

@oldschoolpika

What about the inverted WB stamp promo’s. They say 30 copies of each one?

Thats another urban legend, they’re very scarce, but there’s never been any proof that only 30 copies were produced

There was proof, four sheet of 121 cards were produced three were caught and one made its way into circulation. One spot on the sheet was a blank. So 120 total cards were produced. As far as the distribution being divided evenly, we don’t know. If anyone has seen an uncut sheet it would make it easier to figure out.

[acebren]

@cullers

@acebren

Thats another urban legend, they’re very scarce, but there’s never been any proof that only 30 copies were produced

There was proof, four sheet of 121 cards were produced three were caught and one made its way into circulation. One spot on the sheet was a blank. So 120 total cards were produced. As far as the distribution being divided evenly, we don’t know. If anyone has seen an uncut sheet it would make it easier to figure out.

I still don’t see any proof, where did this info come from?

[cullers]

@acebren

@cullers

There was proof, four sheet of 121 cards were produced three were caught and one made its way into circulation. One spot on the sheet was a blank. So 120 total cards were produced. As far as the distribution being divided evenly, we don’t know. If anyone has seen an uncut sheet it would make it easier to figure out.

I still don’t see any proof, where did this info come from?

Rusty’s production manager contact back in the pokegym days. Don’t have the time to pull up direct links, but you can google for them.

[acebren]

@cullers

@acebren

I still don’t see any proof, where did this info come from?

Rusty’s production manager contact back in the pokegym days. Don’t have the time to pull up direct links, but you can google for them.

fair enough, the quoted numbers seem quite low considering how many copies of these i’ve seen around

[missingno]

@gemmintpokemon

Back on topic. When it comes to the term rare cards, I’d like to assume accessibility is part of the equation. Anything that is routinely available isn’t rare, it’s just priced according to demand.

A card that is so desirable/collectible that the owners choose to hold vs sell is a rare card. Perfect example are the TMB decks. The last time these went up for sale was when a member on here had to sell.

A decent bit of cards have 100 copies or less produced. The right amount of money will make most of them available. I’d like to think the rarest cards are the ones that cannot be purchased. Priceless.

-2002 Battle road Female winner (only 1 exist iirc)

-SNAP Articuno(never been publicly seen outside of media factory’s possession)

This thread gave me an idea. I should start a thread about “Least rare cards that cost the most money”. First in the list? 1st Edition English Charizard.

[theeucollector]

wait what? they printed English VS sets? any pics?!

[missingno]

www.elitefourum.com/t/which-is-the-actual-rarest-pokemon-card-out-there/14412/1

[pfm]

@missingno

www.elitefourum.com/t/which-is-the-actual-rarest-pokemon-card-out-there/14412/1

I enjoy the fact that both of these threads devolved into conversations about the existence of prerelease Raichu cards.

[KingPokemon]

@pfm

@missingno

www.elitefourum.com/t/which-is-the-actual-rarest-pokemon-card-out-there/14412/1

I enjoy the fact that both of these threads devolved into conversations about the existence of prerelease Raichu cards.

Yeah, this convo pops up from time to time. The one thing that never changes is the fictitious Pre Raichu gets exorcized from the grave. But of course authentic copy’s, even after 18 years, never show up, besides counterfeit ones.

[megacon]

@KingPokemon

@pfm

I enjoy the fact that both of these threads devolved into conversations about the existence of prerelease Raichu cards.

Yeah, this convo pops up from time to time. The one thing that never changes is the fictitious Pre Raichu gets exorcized from the grave. But of course authentic copy’s, even after 18 years, never show up, besides counterfeit ones.

like i said, i couldnt care less about this card, but why dont you just ask Scott about its legitimacy, and put it to bed?

[KingPokemon]

@megacon

@KingPokemon

Yeah, this convo pops up from time to time. The one thing that never changes is the fictitious Pre Raichu gets exorcized from the grave. But of course authentic copy’s, even after 18 years, never show up, besides counterfeit ones.

like i said, i couldnt care less about this card, but why dont you just ask Scott about its legitimacy, and put it to bed?

I don’t care if Prof Oak said it was real. It’s a farce and as far as I’m concerned, it’s was put to bed years ago;)

[elftan]

The rarest card is my psa 1 no rarity Charizard. Get rekt scrubs.

[swolepoke]

Not sure if you guys have heard of this card before, rarely ever seen on eBay or anywhere for that matter…

But it’d definitely have to be a sealed Base Set Machamp Unlimited Sealed. Hands down, no argument.

[KingPokemon]

@anon83099482

As far as I’m concerned the matter was also put to bed years ago.
When Dark Master Trainer Mike publicly revealed his own personal copy on the PokeGym, which he obtained when he was working at Wizards of the Coast as one of their top Pokemon people.
Or when the sale of the PreRai from DMTM to Will-iam happened publicly on the gym for $10,500.
Or when Scott obtained higher quality pictures of that same copy from its current owner.
But this will always be a card that splits opinions.

This is the same raw tampered card that keeps getting regurgitated every few years. All it does is keep the legend alive and I’m one of the few who cries foul. Besides all the other fakes why haven’t any of the other supposed 6-12 turned up? Your talking about something that could be worth 50,000.00. I guess that’s just pocket change for the former WOTC employees who supposedly got some and they just left them in drawers?

Ive seen some other decent fakes. One great friend and high end collector got out of the hobby because he got ripped by a good fake. Since then I’ve decided to fight the scam unless a copy got PSA authenticated…legitimately.

Where are all these cards? Why haven’t any been authenticated? Those are the questions we need answered.

[missingno]

@swolepoke

Not sure if you guys have heard of this card before, rarely ever seen on eBay or anywhere for that matter…

But it’d definitely have to be a sealed Base Set Machamp Unlimited Sealed. Hands down, no argument.

The Trainer Deck A Machamp?