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Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Ghost & Psychic-themed cards of Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike in April 2024.
Article Summary
- April 2024 Pokémon TCG Value Watch covers Sword & Shield—Fusion Strike.
- Gengar VMAX Alternate Art tops the chart with a value of $318.39.
- Values surge for Ghost & Psychic-themed cards as the market booms.
- Stay updated on values and set reveals at Bleeding Cool.
The Pokémon TCG is an ever-changing and unpredictable market. Over the past two years, we’ve seen renewed interest in the hobby due to a number of factors, including the 25th Anniversary, strong Sword & Shield-era sets featuring stunning Alternate Arts, influencers, box breaks, COVID-19 lockdown pushing people to find hobbies, and more. For a time, sets and cards that were readily available quickly became difficult to find. Now that the hype is settling down, let’s see where modern sets stand. Every month, I will do an installment of this series, Pokémon TCG Value Watch. This series is not financial advice but is rather a way to help collectors know the trajectory of a card’s availability so that Pokémon TCG completionists like myself know when to strike. Today, let’s see how the cards of Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike, which came out in November 2021, are doing now in April 2024.
Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield – Fusion Strike with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:
- Gengar VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare 271/264: $318.39
- Espeon VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare 270/264: $166.07
- Mew VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare 269/264: $81.75
- Celebi V Alternate Art 245/264: $43.61
- Mew V Alternate Art 251/264: $34.34
- Mew VMAX Rainbow Rare Secret Rare 269/264: $31.57
- Inteleon VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare 266/264: $21.53
- Genesect V Alternate Art 255/264: $13.23
- Boltund VMAX Rainbow Rare Secret Rare 267/264: $7.53
- Gengar VMAX 157/264: $6.92
As noted in other Value Watch reports, we are seeing a dramatic boom in value of Sword & Shield-era sets. The top card of this expansion, Gengar VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare, saw an unbelievable increase in value of $117 this month. Espeon VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare jumped by $40 and Mew VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare by over $20. Celebi V Alternate Art also doubled in value.
Gengar VMAX Alternate Art Secret Rare is now the fourth most valuable card of the Sword & Shield era behind Umbreon VMAX Alt Art from Evolving Skies, Rayquaza VMAX Alt Art from Evolving Skies, and Giratina V Alt Art from Lost Origin.
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