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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Brilliant Stars In July 2023

Observing the chase cards of Sword & Shield - Brilliant Stars reveals interesting information about the Pokémon TCG secondary market.

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 – Brilliant Stars, which came out in February 2022, are doing now in July 2023.

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

1. Charizard V Alternate Art 154/172: $137.09
2. Charizard VSTAR Rainbow Rare 174/172: $63.25
3. Arceus V Alternate Art 166/172: $31.61
4. Marnie's Pride Full Art Trainer Supporter 171/172: $22.97
5. Ultra Ball Gold Secret Rare 186/172: $21.94
6. Charizard V Full Art 153/172: $21.17
7. Lumineon V Alternate Art 156/172: $16.34
8. Arceus VSTAR Rainbow Rare 176/172: $14.48
9. Arceus VSTAR Gold Secret Rare 184/172: $13.79
10. Galarian Moltres V Gold Secret Rare 183/172: $13.33
11. Honchkrow V Alternate Art 154/172: $11.03
12. Galarian Articuno V Gold Secret Rare 181/172: $10.74
13. Galarian Zapdos V Gold Secret Rare 182/172: $10.48
14. Arceus VSTAR 123/172: $8.86
15. Arceus V Full Art 165/172: $6.99

This Pokémon TCG expansion includes a Trainer Gallery subset. The top cards of this subset are:

1. Umbreon VMAX Character Super Rare TG23/TG30: $23.93
2. Sylveon VMAX Character Super Rare TG15/TG30: $16.51
3. Umbreon V Character Super Rare TG23/TG30: $14.68
4. Sylveon V Character Super Rare TG14/TG30: $13.33
5. Acerola's Premonition Full Art Trainer Supporter TG26/TG30: $13.11

While we are seeing a small drop of $8 in the Charizard V Alt Art, the bigger news is that the Charizard VSTAR Rainbow Rare keeps going down and was already the lowest-valued Charizard Rainbow Rare in the Pokémon TCG. When will it stop? Marnie's Pride Full Art Trainer Supporter is up $9 as the Waifu Craze settles in once again. Notably, the standard Arceus VSTAR lost 1/3 of its value this month.

Be sure to check Bleeding Cool every day to follow our in-depth Pokémon TCG coverage as we explore the hobby's past, present, and even future with upcoming set reveals.

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