Pokemon 151 Card Illustration Figure Collection Coming to Japan 🗿, Dark Explorers Booster Box Sells ~$20.1k 🌌, Black Label Ascended Heroes Pikachu Sells ~$16.1k ⚡️, Sealed Manga With Birthday Pikachu Promo Sells $6k 🎂

🔵 Hong Kong based MemeStrategy Launches Tokenized Pokemon Fund, Targets 25% of PSA 10 Van Gogh Pikachu Supply

Note: I'm not 100% sure about the claim that it is the first tokenized trading card fund as I have seen similar services appear in the past that are along the same lines but decided to summarize the article as is in case something about their process is indeed proprietary.

Hong Kong-listed MemeStrategy (HKEX: 2440) announced the world's first tokenized Pokemon trading card fund, giving professional investors institutional-level access to the collectible card market. The fund is built around the PSA 10 "Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat" card from the official Pokemon x Van Gogh Museum collaboration, aiming to acquire roughly 25% of the PSA 10 supply.

Secondary market prices for the card have risen over 400% since late 2023, and total print supply is fixed following the early conclusion of the Van Gogh Museum collaboration, with the current PSA 10 population sitting at approximately 47,000.

(Source: MemeStrategy)

🔵 PSA Damages PSA 10 Lenticular Deoxys During Reholdering

A collector sent their PSA 10 Lenticular Deoxys for reholdering, only to have PSA damage the card during encapsulation, dropping it to a PSA 6. PSA offered approximately $19,250 in compensation, valuing the PSA 10 at $20,000 and the PSA 6 at $750. PSA's valuation appears to be based on averaging recent comps, but the collector disputes it given the most recent sale reached $45,000 on February 22, 2026.

The card is a 2004 Japanese Movie Commemoration VS Pack lenticular promo with only 38 PSA 10s out of 1,927 total graded. The lenticular surface makes achieving a 10 especially difficult.

(Source: Reddit)

🔵 Pokemon 151 Card Illustration Figure Collection Coming to Japan

Starting March 13, Japan's Pokemon Centers will sell the "Card Illustration Figure Collection," a new product line turning Pokemon Card 151 artwork into 3D display figures. Each blind box includes a figure, matching 151 card, and a display frame for 1,800 yen (~$12). There are 13 possible figures, with the secret 13th being the Illustration Rare Machoke.

The product originally launched in China last November and is now getting a Japanese release. Notably, the included cards appear to be direct reprints of the 151 set, which is currently out of print. No Western release has been announced.

(Source: PokeBeach)

Weekly Top Gains 🔼

Weekly Top Losses 🔽

🔵 Dark Explorers Booster Box Sells for ~$20.1k

Dark Explorers is known for chase cards like Darkrai EX, Tornadus EX, and Raikou EX full arts, along with Shiny Secret rares.

Sealed Type - Year: Booster Box - 2012
Contents: 36 booster packs
Sales History: In mid-2025 there were two sales of this booster box for ~$7k (up ~185%).

🔵 EX Blister Sells for $5k

These blisters were sold at big-box retailers and came in different promo configurations, with a Mew variant also known to exist. EX Power Keepers (2007) was the final set in the EX era.

Sealed Type - Year: 3-Pack Retail Blister - 2007
Contents: 2x EX Power Keepers packs, 1x EX Unseen Forces pack, Deoxys (2/17), coin
Sales History: Similar configurations sold in a similar $5k range near the end of 2025.

🔵 PSA 10 Call of Legends Palkia Sells for ~$35k

For Palkia #SL8, There are 18 PSA 10 copies out of 599 graded total.

Singles Type - Condition: Graded - PSA 10
Set Name - Year: Call of Legends - 2011
Sales History: Between July and September 2025, there were 3 sales in the $3.6k to $5.6k range making this a significant outlier sale.

🔵 Black Label Ascended Heroes Pikachu Sells for ~$16.1k

Ascended Heroes is the latest Mega Evolution expansion, and this Pikachu is one of the set's most sought-after chase cards.

Singles Type - Condition: Graded - BGS 10 Black Label
Set Name - Year: Ascended Heroes - 2026
Sales History: PSA 10 copies of this card currently go for ~$3k. Ascended Heroes only recently released on Jan 30th this year so Black Label prices may come down in the future.

🔵 Complete Japanese Poncho Wearing Eevee Promo Set Sells for $10.25k

This is the complete 8-card Japanese SM-P promo set featuring Eevee wearing ponchos of each Eeveelution. The cards were distributed through the 2017 Eevee Mega Campaign at Pokemon Centers in Japan.

Singles Type - Condition: Sealed Cellophane - NM
Set Name - Year: Japanese SM-P Promo - 2017
Sales History: In March 2025, another complete set sold for $4.25k (~141% increase). In Feb 2026, a PSA 10 set sold for $16.5k.

🔵 Natta Wake Volume 6 Sells for $6k (Includes Birthday Pikachu Promo)

Natta Wake ("How I Became a Pokemon Card") is a Japanese manga series by illustrator Kagemaru Himeno. Each volume included an exclusive promo card illustrated by Himeno. Volume 6 contains the Birthday Pikachu #25 promo.

Origin Source - Year: Natta Wake Manga Vol. 6 (Japanese Promo) - 2001
Sales History: One of the last PSA 10s sold for $12k in December 2025.

🔵 Japanese CoroCoro Unpeeled Sheet Mewtwo Promo Sells for $5k

CoroCoro Comic, a Japanese manga magazine, distributed glossy promo cards as magazine inserts in the late 1990s. "Unpeeled" means the card sheet was never separated from the original magazine backing, making it even more rare than the loose card version.

Origin Source - Year: CoroCoro Comic Magazine Insert (Japanese Glossy Promo #150) - 1997
Sales History: Sales data is limited but coincidentally, a PSA 10 copy of the Mewtwo promo (pop 8) sold for $17.5k this week.

Prices for both graded and raw copies have pulled back roughly 5-10%, opening a better entry point for both.

Palkia is already a popular legendary, but what sets this card apart is its MC Escher-inspired artwork, which plays perfectly into Palkia's spatial distortion theme and elevates it from a standard alt art.