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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Battle Styles In January 2024

Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Urshifu-themed cards of Sword & Shield - Battle Styles in January 2024.



Article Summary

  • January 2024 Pokémon TCG Value Watch focuses on Sword & Shield – Battle Styles.
  • Tyranitar V Alternate Art tops the value chart at $91.28 in the current market.
  • Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art value rises as Single Strike version dips.
  • No significant market shifts for Battle Styles, with stable values this month.

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 Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield – Battle Styles, which came out in March 2021, are doing now in January 2024.

Battle Styles top card. Credit: Pokémon TCG
Battle Styles top card. 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: $91.28
  2. Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art 170/163: $58.39
  3. Single Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art 168/163: $28.13
  4. Empoleon V Alternate Art 146/163: $24.25
  5. Level Ball Gold Secret Rare 181/163: $16.64
  6. Phoebe Full Art Trainer Supporter 161/163: $13.80
  7. Single Strike Urshifu V Alternate Art 151/163: $12.39
  8. Cheryl Full Art Trainer Supporter 159/163: $12.36
  9. Rapid Strike Urshifu V Alternate Art 153/163: $12.32
  10. Shiny Houndoom Gold Secret Rare 179/163: $11.12
  11. Single Strike Urshifu VMAX Rainbow Rare 167/163: $9.94
  12. Corviknight VMAX Rainbow Rare 171/163: $8.22
  13. Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Rainbow Rare 169/163: $8.19
  14. Cheryl Rainbow Rare Trainer Supporter 173/163: $8.21
  15. Victini VMAX Rainbow Rare 165/163: $7.73

Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art and Single Strike Urshifu VMAX Alternate Art are moving in opposite directions. Rapid gained about $5 while Single fell close to the same amount. There are no major changes to this set this month.

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