Most Valuable Cards from “The Glory of Team Rocket,” Mewtwo Almost $400!

The Glory of Team Rocket released in Japan on Friday!

I’ve gathered the average card prices from online stores. These prices give us a clue of the initial interest in these cards:

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  Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (SIR): 56,800 yen ($380.56)

• Team Rocket's Moltres ex (SIR): 26,800 yen ($179.56)
• Team Rocket's Crobat ex (SIR): 13,800 yen ($92.46)
• Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (SIR): 11,800 yen ($79.06)
• Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (Gold): 8,180 yen ($54.81)
• Team Rocket's Giovanni (SIR): 7,480 yen ($50.12)
• Team Rocket's Ariana (SIR): 5,480 yen ($36.72)
• Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (FA): 3,980 yen ($26.67)
• Team Rocket's Crobat ex (Gold): 2,980 yen ($19.97)
• Team Rocket's Meowth (IR): 2,780 yen ($18.63)
• Jamming Tower (Gold): 2,780 yen ($18.63)
• Team Rocket's Giovanni (FA): 2,380 yen ($15.95)
• Team Rocket's Moltres ex (FA): 1,680 yen ($11.26)
• Team Rocket's Proton (FA): 1,380 yen ($9.25)
• Blaziken (IR): 1,380 yen ($9.25)

Anyone could have predicted Mewtwo would take the top spot! The card is almost twice as expensive as the Cynthia's Garchomp ex from Heat Wave Arena, though still in line with Lillie's Clefairy ex from Battle Partners.

Meowth's Illustration Rare is more expensive than most of the set's full art cards despite being more common. This is likely because it is the anime's mascot for Team Rocket. Here is the full ranking of the Illustration Rares:

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  Team Rocket's Meowth: 2,780 yen ($18.63)

• Blaziken: 1,380 yen ($9.25)
• Team Rocket's Houndoom: 1,180 yen ($7.91)
• Team Rocket's Wobbuffet: 1,180 yen ($7.91)
• Team Rocket's Murkrow: 880 yen ($5.90)
• Team Rocket's Spidops: 680 yen ($4.56)
• Team Rocket's Weezing: 680 yen ($4.56)
• Team Rocket's Raticate: 680 yen ($4.56)
• Kangaskhan: 680 yen ($4.56)
• Zamazenta: 580 yen ($3.89)
• Team Rocket's Orbeetle: 480 yen ($3.22)
• Clamperl: 380 yen ($2.55)

Orbeetle is the least expensive of the Team Rocket cards. Perhaps this is because it's not a Pokemon associated with Team Rocket. The same argument could me made for Spidops, but it has much more stylized artwork and features Proton.

In terms of Double Rares, all of them cost 80 yen except for these three:

• Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex: 680 yen ($4.56)
• Team Rocket's Crobat ex: 380 yen ($2.55)
• Team Rocket's Moltres ex: 120 yen ($0.80)

This indicates there is competitive interest in the cards.

We will get all these cards in our Destined Rivals set in May.