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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Temporal Forces in December 2025

Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Ancient/Future-themed set Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces in December 2025.



Article Summary

  • Track Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces card values in December 2025 market trends
  • Discover which Special Illustration Rares and Illustration Rares are top chase cards this month
  • Learn why card values remain mostly steady, with only minor fluctuations among key singles
  • Get up-to-date advice on Pokémon TCG collecting strategies for singles and packs in 2025

The Pokémon TCG is an ever-changing and unpredictable market. Over the past year, we have witnessed a significant surge of renewed interest in the hobby. The hype around the Alternate Arts of the Sword & Shield era and the Illustration Rares of the Scarlet & Violet era now continues in the new era, Mega Evolution. The Mega Evolution era continues the popular Illustration Rare and Special Illustration Rare cards while introducing Gold Hyper Rares as the rarest type of card that can be pulled from a booster pack. As packs become more and more difficult to get, it seems that the hobby is more popular than ever. 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 – Temporal Forces, which came out in March 2024, are doing now in December 2025.

Temporal Forces top card. Credit: Pokémon TCG
Temporal Forces top card. Credit: Pokémon TCG

Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces, with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:

  1. Raging Bolt ex Special Illustration Rare 208/162: $62.01
  2. Gastly Illustration Rare 206/162: $53.85
  3. Morty's Conviction Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 211/162: $40.73
  4. Iron Crown ex Special Illustration Rare 206/162: $40.49
  5. Walking Wake ex Special Illustration Rare 205/162: $36.42
  6. Gengar ex Full Art 193/162: $35.29
  7. Gouging Fire ex Special Illustration Rare 204/162: $32.63
  8. Sawsbuck Illustration Rare 166/162: $30.07
  9. Iron Leaves ex Special Illustration Rare 203/162: $23.41
  10. Deerling Illustration Rare 165/162: $22.71
  11. Bianca's Devotion Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 209/162: $21.25
  12. Metagross Illustration Rare 178/162: $20.79
  13. Litten Illustration Rare 167/162: $20.39
  14. Iron Boulder ex Special Illustration Rare 207/162: $15.53
  15. Cinccino Illustration Rare 183/162: $15.51

Most of the bigger hits of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces remained remarkably steady in value this month, either losing or gaining a dollar or two of market value. The bigger movements can be observed in the cards ranks 10 – 13 in this set, as I'm seeing a few dollars worth of gain amongst some of these, which is more notable in cards of sub-$30 value. Still, this set saw a tame December. Let's check back again in 2026.

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Theo DwyerAbout Theo Dwyer

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