List of most expensive cards from collectible card games


A collectible card game, also called a trading card game among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. Cards in CCGs are specially designed sets of playing cards. Each card represents an element of the theme and rules of the game, and each can fall in categories such as creatures, enhancements, events, resources, and locations. All cards within the CCG typically share the same common backside art, while the front has a combination of proprietary artwork or images to embellish the card along with instructions for the game and flavor text. CCGs are typically themed around fantasy or science fiction genres, and have also included horror themes, cartoons, and sports, and may include licensed intellectual properties.
The value of a CCG card depends on a combination of the popularity of the game, the popularity of the intellectual property on which the card is based, the card's condition, the scarcity of the card, whether the card has an artist's signature, and the gameplay value of the card. In some cases, the cards have become collector's items of considerable value. Most of the priciest cards come from the first CCG, Magic: The Gathering, or from some of the other most popular CCGs such as Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh!.

List of highest prices (US$300,000+) paid

This list only contains cards actually sold, not estimated prices of unsold cards, at a price of US$300,000 or more.
The list is ordered by default by original sale price but can be re-sorted by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value in United States dollars in.
Cards are evaluated by third-party services, most often Professional Sports Authenticator, Certified Guaranty Company, Beckett Grading Services, or Sportscard Guaranty Corporation, and given a grade on a 10-point scale based on condition.
The population column is the number of copies of the card in the original print run, not the number of known surviving copies in the present or of the graded quality.
Original priceInflation-adjusted priceDate of saleCard nameYear printed or releasedSetGameGradeAuction houseSellerBuyerPopulation in original print runNotesReferences
$5,275,000$Pikachu Illustrator1998none Pokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10private saleMarwan DubsyLogan Paul41purchased with combination of $1.275 million PSA 9 Pikachu Illustrator and $4 million cash
$3,000,000$Black Lotus1993AlphaMagic: The GatheringCGC 10private saleAdam CaiBenjamin Be1,100purchased with bitcoin; unlike most of the other most expensive Black Lotuses, not signed by artist Christopher Rush
$2,000,000$The One Ring2023The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthMagic: The GatheringPSA 9private saleBrook TraftonPost Malone1one-of-a-kind printing with unique art and Tengwar instead of English text
$1,275,000$Pikachu Illustrator1998none Pokémon Trading Card GamePSA 9private saleMatt AllenLogan Paul41
$900,000$Pikachu Illustrator1998none Pokémon Trading Card GamePSA 7Goldin Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer41
$800,000$Black Lotus 1993AlphaMagic: The Gatheringprivate saleprivate sellerPost Maloneartist proof signed by artist Christopher Rush
$672,000$Pikachu Illustrator1998none Pokémon Trading Card GameCGC 9.5Goldin AuctionsBlake Martinezprivate buyer41
$615,000$Black Lotus 1993AlphaMagic: The GatheringCGC 8.5Heritage AuctionsJeff Ferreiraprivate buyerartist proof signed by artist Christopher Rush
$540,000$Black Lotus1993AlphaMagic: The GatheringPSA 10PWCC Marketplaceprivate sellerprivate buyer1,100signed by artist Christopher Rush
$511,100$Black Lotus1993AlphaMagic: The GatheringPSA 10eBayprivate sellerprivate buyer1,100signed by artist Christopher Rush
$493,230$Charizard 1997Topsun chewing gum promosPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10Goldin Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer
$444,000$Silver No. 2 Pikachu Trainer 1997none Pokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10Goldin Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer14originally awarded as a trophy/prize to 2nd-place finishers in the 1997-1998 Lizardon Mega Battle Tournament series
$420,000$Charizard 1999English Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10PWCC Marketplaceprivate sellerprivate buyer4,000+
$369,000$Charizard 1999English Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GameSGC 10Goldin Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer4,000+one of two Charizard cards sold for similar prices on different auction websites on the same day
$360,000$Blastoise 1998none Pokémon Trading Card GameCGC 8.5Heritage Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer2one of only 2 test printings of this card, created by Wizards of the Coast to convince Nintendo to let them publish the English release of the Pokémon TCG, and the whereabouts or survival of the other copy is unknown
$350,100$Charizard 1999English Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10eBayprivate sellerprivate buyer4,000+one of two Charizard cards sold for similar prices on different auction websites on the same day
$336,000$Charizard 1999English Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10Heritage Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer4,000+
$324,000$Charizard 1996Japanese Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10PWCC Marketplaceprivate sellerprivate buyersigned by artist Mitsuhiro Arita
$311,800$Charizard 1999English Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10eBayprivate sellerprivate buyer4,000+
$311,211$Tyler the Great Warrior2005none Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card GameBGS 7eBayTyler Gressleprivate buyer1only one copy of card printed, as a Make-A-Wish Foundation gift to seller, whom the card is named after
$300,000$Charizard 1999English Base Set 1st EditionPokémon Trading Card GamePSA 10Heritage Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer4,000+
$300,000$Bronze No. 3 Pikachu Trainer 1997none Pokémon Trading Card GamePSA 8Heritage Auctionsprivate sellerprivate buyer4originally awarded as a trophy/prize to 3rd-place finishers in the 1997 1st Official Pokémon Card Game Tournament series