Players can also play trainer and item cards to support their Pokémon. Pokémon require energy cards to perform their attacks - with different attacks needing different amounts of energy - which can damage the opponent’s Pokémon.

Once players have selected a Pokémon to be placed into their active slot, as well as any Pokémon on their bench, they take turns to play and activate cards on their board. The Pokémon Trading Card Game sees two players going head-to-head against each other with their respective decks of Pokémon cards. Single rare Pokémon cards have also fetched large amounts of money in the past, including a first-edition shiny Charizard card - which was holographic and shadowless - that was sold at an auction for $264,000 (£197,000), alongside an ‘incredibly rare’ Pokémon card signed by the president of The Pokémon Company, Tsunekazu Ishihara, that went for almost $250,000 (£187,000). Other first edition Pokémon booster boxes have been auctioned off at a wide range of different prices, including one that was sold by Heritage Auctions earlier this summer for a total of $384,000 (£287,000). Pokemon Trick or Trade Booster Bundle 40 Packs with Sock My World Sticker. Ting 263/193 Special Illustration Rare - Lu ex - Pokémon TCG SV02: Paldea Evolved Pokémon Only 1 unit left. Pokemon TCG: XY Evolutions, A Booster Pack Containing 10 Cards Per Pack with Over 100 New Cards to Collect. Chien-Pao ex 274/193 Hyper Rare - Pao ex - Pokémon TCG SV02: Paldea Evolved Pokémon Only 1 unit left. Pokémon Sword & Shield: Evolving Skies Booster Display Box - 299.99 The seventh expansion in the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield series of the Trading Card Game was released last year. Pokemon TCG 80344 Sun & Moon Ultra Prism Booster Box, 36 Packs.

According to PWCC, “there are suspected to be only a few hundred” of the 1999 Pokémon English Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Booster Box left in circulation, further contributing to the booster box’s high value. Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet Three-Booster Blister - Arcanine.

Besides the box’s excellent condition, the 1999 Pokémon English Base Set Shadowless 1st Edition Booster Box is considered to be an iconic release in the history of the trading card game, having kicked off English-language players’ interest in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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