Here is one of my favorite cards from my collection that I am considering to get graded. I wonder how bad is it? There is clearly a crease on the front right side and some signs of play around the edges. I am guessing PSA 1 or 2? What grade do you think this would get?
Current goal:
10,000 Holo Gengar 050/088
10,000 Reverse Holo Gengar 050/088
Hold until 2029.
Sharing my recent pickup: the elusive Lost Origin Prerelease Staff Promo Gengar. This card was not supposed to exist. In 2020, after Vivid Voltage, Pokemon announced that they were discontinuing Staff Promos. This lasted two years, until Silver Tempest in 2022. Seven sets missed out on the Promos, and it was thought that none had been printed - until 2023, when certain stores in Europe began to receive Staff Promos from Evolving Skies, Brilliant Stars, Astral Radiance, and Lost Origin.
It is rumoured that the discontinuation originally began because of the pandemic, as Pokemon wanted to avoid supporting in-person events. It is not currently known why these were eventually printed, or whether they were manufactured early or created accidentally in 2022–23 when Staff printing resumed. In any case, these Promos are some of the rarest cards in modern Pokemon: Gengar has fewer than 150 copies graded by PSA in any grade, and just 24 10s, making it an exceptionally difficult card to track down.
What English Gengar cards are rarer than this? I can think of a few, but not many:
I know the Library/Play Stamp Gengar is quite rare too. I believe it is now understood that more copies exist/are coming, however, since PSA has not started grading them, there are no population records to properly gauge rarity yet.
Topps Chrome Spectra/Sparkle/Tekno Gengar are also significantly rarer with ~20-60 copies graded of each, but those aren't always considered as part of the TCG. If they are, then this Staff Promo gets bumped to top 10.
Anything I'm missing? Let me know!
Hello
I am moving on from master setting Gengar and Snorlax and want to offer my binders to the community here. The english Gengar master set is at 79%, japanese at 32%. Snorlax is at 44% english and 32% japanese.
Here is the imgur link: https://imgur.com/a/6-8-F8tSSjF
I am slowly adding them to collectr: https://app.getcollectr.com/showcase/profile/b45e7da0-4116-46b5-b91f-724625759629
Some of the heavy hitters I am aware of
Mega Gengar ex (284/217): $1,300
Gengar VMAX Alt Art (271/264): $940
Gengar EX Full Art (114): $730
Gengar LC Holo Rare (11): $630
M Gengar EX (121): $524
I posted this when I got it but this video really captures the gorgeous holo on it. Enjoy
What’s everyone’s favorite gengar card that y’all think is actually affordable/‘undervalued’ and unnapreciated? I’m not rich enough to buy any grails yet but I want to try and slowly start my master set!
$3800 shipped, HP condition Pay my asking and get the bottom 4 gengars for free Over $300+ value
(Trying this again with front and back pics)