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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Brilliant Stars In March 2023

Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Brilliant Stars in March 2023 notes the Charizard and Arceus cards dropping while the Trainer Gallery holds strong.


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 February 2023.

Brilliant Stars Acerola's Premonition. Credit: Pokémon TCG
Brilliant Stars Acerola's Premonition. Credit: Pokémon TCG

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: $167.07
  2. Charizard VSTAR Rainbow Rare 174/172: $72.15
  3. Arceus V Alternate Art 166/172: $41.65
  4. Charizard V Full Art 153/172: $28.52
  5. Lumineon V Alternate Art 156/172: $25.74
  6. Ultra Ball Gold Secret Rare 186/172: $19.74
  7. Galarian Moltres V Gold Secret Rare 183/172: $17.32
  8. Arceus VSTAR Gold Secret Rare 184/172: $16.97
  9. Arceus VSTAR Rainbow Rare 176/172: $14.93
  10. Honchkrow V Alternate Art 154/172: $14.34
  11. Galarian Zapdos V Gold Secret Rare 182/172: $14.25
  12. Galarian Articuno V Gold Secret Rare 181/172: $13.80
  13. Marnie's Pride Full Art Trainer Supporter 171/172: $12.43
  14. Charizard VSTAR 018/172: $12.20
  15. Arceus VSTAR 123/172: $9.86

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

  1. Umbreon VMAX Character Super Rare TG23/TG30: $26.83
  2. Sylveon VMAX Character Super Rare TG15/TG30: $19.12
  3. Sylveon V Character Super Rare TG14/TG30: $17.97
  4. Umbreon V Character Super Rare TG23/TG30: $16.79
  5. Mimikyu VMAX Character Super Rare TG17/TG30: $14.61

Some good news. Charizard V Alternate Art dropped almost $15 in value, while Charizard VSTAR Rainbow Rare dropped $8. Both Secret Rare Arceus VSTAR, the Gold and Rainbow, dropped about a quarter in value as well, while the standard Arceus VSTAR dropped a third. The Trainer Gallery hits remained steady.


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