A page from Lot 36, a Complete EX Team Rocket Returns set, which sold at 10,500
All versions of this card feature artwork by Kagemaru Himeno and include a space for the owner to personalise it with their name, claiming Pikachu as their own
Ok, its technically an artifact, and the return cost isnt free
Series Highlights XY Top 60 cards by market price Secret Dialga EX #122 $974.97 Secret M Rayquaza EX #98 $910.48 Ultra Gengar EX #114 $786.88 Secret M Charizard EX #108 $530.63 Secret M Gengar EX #121 $486.25 Ultra Team Magma's Groudon EX #15 $473.24 Ultra Team Aqua's Kyogre EX #6 $451.79 Champions Festival #XY91 420.00 Champions Festival #XY27 $350.00 Ultra M Rayquaza EX #105 $318.51 Secret Primal Groudon EX #97 $318.12 Gyarados #XY60 $309.81 Pikachu EX #XY124 $303.31 Ultra M Charizard EX #69 $295.32 Secret Primal Kyogre EX #96 $277.52 Ultra Charizard EX #100 $268.88 Secret M Charizard EX #107 $261.92 Blastoise EX #XY122 $218.09 Ultra Primal Kyogre EX #149 $216.01 Ultra M Gengar EX #35 $208.15 Rare Shaymin EX #77a $206.89 Ultra Primal Groudon EX #151 $202.95 Ultra Lugia EX #94 $201.16 Venusaur EX #XY123 $199.46 M Gengar-EX #XY166 $186.52 Secret Gyarados EX #123 $182.20 Jirachi #XY67a $171.00 Secret M Lucario EX #113 $162.82 Secret Mewtwo EX #163 $159.74 Mew EX #XY126 $158.78 Charizard EX #XY121 $157.48 Ultra Lucario EX #107 $154.10 Ultra M Charizard EX #12 $153.18 Secret Mewtwo EX #164 $153.15 Ultra M Mewtwo EX #160 $152.46 Ultra N #105a $146.91 Rare Yveltal-EX #XY150a $141.15 Ultra Blastoise EX #142 $140.02 Ultra Umbreon EX #119 $137.56 Ultra Sylveon EX #RC32 $135.78 M Garchomp-EX #XY168 $134.90 Ultra M Mewtwo EX #159 $129.79 Ultra M Sceptile EX #85 $128.83 Ultra M Charizard EX #101 $125.12 Ultra Flareon EX #RC28 $124.44 Mew #XY110 $124.19 Ultra M Tyranitar EX #92 $122.98 Ultra Rayquaza EX #104 $119.79 Ultra M Gardevoir EX #RC31 $113.86 Secret Alakazam EX #125 $113.01 Ultra Dragonite EX #108 $110.56 Ultra Giratina EX #93 $110.31 Uncommon Hex Maniac #75a $109.78 Ultra M Gyarados EX #115 $107.01 Ultra Kyogre EX #148 $105.24 Rare M Lucario EX #55a $104.59 Ultra Tyranitar EX #91 $102.83 Rayquaza EX #XY69 $100.33 Ultra Groudon EX #150 $99.04 Ultra M Latios EX #102 $98.82
Its unmatched preservation, iconic content, and growing reverence make it more than a nostalgic pieceits a cultural collectible with timeless appeal and upward trajectory
Combine that with the sacrifice trigger being one of the best pieces of board control out there, and Rankle is worth the slot, period
