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Why Evolving Skies Commands Premium Prices There's no mystery here, but it's worth spelling out exactly what makes this set special compared to the dozens of other Sword & Shield era sets that trade for a fraction of the price

There are 12 of these in total, and its nice to see some less expected Pokemon like Arbok and Golem get the special treatment over more obvious options like Gyarados or Dragonite

As such, this card holds impressive value among fans and collectors, and the novelty factor alone is enough for the card to hold tremendous cache

2008-2009 the Kanto starters all got one, and Pikachu got 5 (same figurine but taken from different angles and with the 5 different Pokemon Centers at the time in the background - Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya & Fukuoka)

Ishihara autographed this particular Near Mint card in black ink, and it sold for $247,230 in April 2021