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Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Pikachu-themed set Scarlet & Violet - Surging Sparks in October 2025.
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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Surging Sparks in October 2025
Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Pikachu-themed set Scarlet & Violet - Surging Sparks in October 2025.
Article Summary
- Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Surging Sparks sees a surge in card values this October 2025.
- Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare tops the set at $339.75, rising $65 in just a month.
- Top 15 card rankings include Latias ex, Milotic ex, Hydreigon ex, and surprising climber Clobbopus.
- Collector demand is rising, signaling a possible new Pokémon TCG market boom for modern sets.
The Pokémon TCG is an ever-changing and unpredictable market. Over the past few months, we've seen a huge surge of renewed interest in the hobby. Of course, there was massive hype during the Sword & Shield era around Alternate Arts, but the beginning of the Scarlet & Violet era saw a marked cool-down in the hobby. Now, it seems that the collector's market is going into hyperdrive once more, as attention to both current Scarlet & Violet sets as well as Sword & Shield sets soars. Every month, I will do an installment of this series, Pokémon TCG Value Watch, to track the collector's market of modern sets. 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. Should you buy singles or packs? Is that chase card obtainable? Let's find out. Today, let's see how the cards of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Surging Sparks, which came out in November 2024, are doing now in October 2025.
Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Surging Sparks, with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:
- Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare 238/191: $339.75
- Latias ex Special Illustration Rare 239/191: $189.02
- Milotic ex Special Illustration Rare 237/191: $107.19
- Pikachu ex Gold Hyper Rare 247/191: $74.68
- Hydreigon ex Special Illustration Rare 240/191: $46.44
- Lisia's Appeal Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 246/191: $35.30
- Latios Illustration Rare 203/191: $32.78
- Alolan Exeggutor ex Special Illustration Rare 242/191: $32.73
- Clobbopus Illustration Rare 207/191: $26.72
- Jasmine's Gaze Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 245/191: $24.89
- Durant ex Special Illustration Rare 236/191: $21.47
- Pikachu ex Full Art 219/191: $20.57
- Ceruledge Illustration Rare 197/191: $20.09
- Night Stretcher Gold Hyper Rare Trainer Item 251/191: $19.21
- Archaludon ex Special Illustration Rare 241/191: $14.02
Are we in for another Pokémon TCG boom, just as the last one was kind of/not really starting to cool off? Chase cards are up this month in general, including Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare, which has increased in value by $65 since September. The oddity of the month for this set is the Clobbopus Illustration Rare, which came out of nowhere and is now the 9th most valuable card in the set after not making the ranking for almost a full year.
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