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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Battle Styles In August 2022

The Pokémon TCG is an ever-changing and unpredictable market. Over the past two years, we've seen renewed interest in the hobby due to a number of factors, including the 25th Anniversary, strong Sword & Shield-era sets featuring stunning Alternate Arts, influencers, box breaks, COVID-19 lockdown pushing people to find hobbies, and more. For a time, sets and cards that were readily available quickly became difficult to find. Now that the hype is settling down let's see where modern sets stand. Every month, I will do an installment of this series, Pokémon TCG Value Watch. This series is not financial advice but is rather a way to help collectors know the trajectory of a card's availability so that Pokémon TCG completionists like myself know when to strike. Today, let's see how the cards of Sword & Shield – Battle Styles, which came out in March 2021, are doing now in August 2022.

Battle Styles chase card and logo. Credit: Pokémon TCG
Battle Styles chase card and logo. Credit: Pokémon TCG

Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield – Battle Styles with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:

  1. Tyranitar V Alternate Art 155/163: $72.07
  2. Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art 170/163: $49.23
  3. Single Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art 168/163: $25.59
  4. Empoleon V Alternate Art 146/163: $23.06
  5. Level Ball Gold Secret Rare 181/163: $19.03
  6. Shiny Houndoom Gold Secret Rare 179/163: $13.96
  7. Single Strike Urshifu V Alternate Art 151/163: $13.23
  8. Single Strike Urshifu VMAX Rainbow Rare 167/163: $12.39
  9. Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Rainbow Rare 169/163: $12.30
  10. Phoebe Full Art Trainer Supporter 161/163: $12.16
  11. Rapid Strike Urshifu V Alternate Art 153/163: $11.23
  12. Cheryl Rainbow Rare Trainer Supporter 173/163: $11.01
  13. Corviknight VMAX Rainbow Rare 171/163: $10.09
  14. Cheryl Full Art Trainer Supporter 159/163: $9.06
  15. Victini VMAX Rainbow Rare 165/163: $8.66

There has been no major movement in Sword & Shield – Battle Styles this month and truly for quite some time due to the wide availability of this set. This is a massively underrated set. It has terrific artwork and re-launching Alternate Arts, which remain the hobby's most popular type of hit to pull. I would say enjoy both low-priced packs and individual cards of Battle Styles, as this set remains unusually low-priced for how awesome it truly is.


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