Pokémon TCG’s newest Sword & Defend set, Misplaced Origin, has been out for a few weeks now. That’s lengthy sufficient that the group has settled on which playing cards are essentially the most fascinating, and thus essentially the most precious when buying and selling or promoting.
A Pokémon card’s worth is usually decided by the mix of two components: the rarity, and the playability. The previous actually is the bigger issue, with the rarest pulls like alternate artwork playing cards, or secret uncommon gold playing cards, at all times fetching the very best costs. Nevertheless, if a card additionally proves to be of nice use when enjoying TCG, that’ll give it an additional increase.
Misplaced Origin has confirmed to be essentially the most value-creating set since final August’s Evolving Skies, and the primary assortment in over a 12 months to function a card fetching over $200. Nothing in comparison with Evolving Skies’ astonishingly sought-after alt-art Umbreon VMAX, at present altering palms for over $430, however nonetheless increased than something in all three units launched between the 2. (You may argue Good Stars is the extra over-all precious set, given the variety of over $20 playing cards in there, however even its alt-art Charizard V doesn’t fairly scrape the $200 mark.)
These are, in fact, their ungraded costs, with numbers vastly elevated if despatched of to firms like PSA to obtain a grade, particularly if they will obtain that all-conquering PSA 10. (As an illustration, Worth Charting has that Good Stars Charizard at $470 for a PSA 10!)
So let’s crack on with the highest 25 most useful playing cards in Misplaced Origin. All of the values said listed here are based mostly on figures from Worth Charting and TCG Participant, and clearly the market veers wildly on daily basis.