The most expensive Pokémon card ever sold is the Pikachu Illustrator card, which has sold for a staggering amount of approximately €4.76 million (around $5.28 million). This card was awarded as a prize for an illustration competition in 1998, and only a very limited number exist. It features unique artwork by Atsuko Nishida, Pokémon's main illustrator, and has a distinct "Illustrator" title instead of the usual "Trainer" label, making it extraordinarily rare and valuable.
Other famously expensive cards include the 1st Edition Shadowless Charizard, which can fetch prices in the hundreds of thousands of euros/dollars, with one example selling for over €380,000, and the Topsun Blue Back Charizard, a rare prototype card sold for nearly $500,000.
