Sold for 216,000 yen ($2,081) in October 2016 The card is a reprint of the game's original Pikachu, albeit one made out of solid 24-karat gold. Aren’t you at least a little curious? There might be a retirement fund waiting in your attic.ġ3. Interest in Pokémon and the Pokémon card game has only continued to grow in recent years, with multiple card sales at auction setting new records in 20 alone, so there’s never been a better time to rifle through your collection and see if you own one of the rarest Pokémon cards of all time. That's why we've put together this list of the rarest and most expensive Pokemon cards, so you know for certain what's hiding in your attic. And valuable really is the word, with some Pokemon TCG memorabilia going for hundreds of thousands of dollars recently. There's a huge amount of Pokemon out there and even more Pokemon Trading Cards, raging from common pidgeys to rare and valuable legendary cards, or even better.