Summary
A husband found valuable Pokemon TCG cards in yard sale lunch box for $40.
The cards included metal Base Set Pikachu and Charizard promos from Celebrations set.
Charizard and Pikachu are sought-after cards in Pokemon TCG, fetching high prices.
A husband made an amazing Pokemon TCG discovery in a lunch box that he purchased from a yard sale. There are a number of cards in the Pokemon TCG that can fetch high prices from players who wish to add them to their collections. This is especially true for cards that feature pocket monsters such as Charizard and Pikachu.
The Celebrations set for the Pokemon TCG was released in 2021 and featured a variety of pocket monsters from the franchise’s history. This included Pokemon such as Pikachu, Mew, Luxray, and Garchomp. A collector’s set was dropped for Celebrations that came with a large number of items like booster packs, storage boxes, and a few promo cards.
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A Reddit user named boriquapeach shared two Pokemon cards that her husband found in a lunch box that he purchased from a yard sale. The image shows the metal Base Set Pikachu and Charizard promos that are found in the Pokemon TCG Celebrations collector’s set. The Reddit user stated that her husband had paid $40 for the lunch box, which is a steal because the Charizard is worth over $100 and the Pikachu runs for over $50 in near mint condition. According to boriquapeach, there were numerous other cards in the lunch box, including a large amount of other Pikachus.
Husband Makes Incredible Pokemon TCG Find at Yard Sale
The post that boriquapeach made has received over 5,000 upvotes from Pokemon fans who agree that the find was amazing. One gamer shared that they had to buy the Celebrations collector’s box in order to receive the Charizard, while another called the purchase an absolute steal. A Pokemon player said to keep the cards safe and hidden as they had a copy of the Pikachu promo but that it had been stolen by an old roommate.
Charizard has been a popular pocket monster from the games since the series first started with Pokemon Red and Blue. It has been the subject of a large number of different cards, including the one that boriquapeach’s husband found. Some Pokemon players have large Charizard collections that span decades of different Pokemon TCG sets, as they are often the sought-after cards in every expansion that features the pocket monster. This is why the item that boriquapeach’s husband found is such a big deal, as it features a creature that has stood by Pikachu as a mascot for the series. As more Pokemon TCG expansions release, it will be interesting to see what other cards the beloved pocket monster adorns.
Pokemon TCG
Original Release Date
October 20, 1996
