Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Astral Radiance in October 2024

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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Astral Radiance in October 2024

Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Hisui-themed cards of Sword & Shield - Astral Radiance in October 2024.

Published Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:12:09 -0500
by Theo Dwyer
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Article Summary

  • Explore Pokémon TCG's evolving market trends with a focus on Astral Radiance set in October 2024.
  • Top card values include Machamp V Alternate Art at $118 and Origin Forme Palkia V at $38.
  • Starmie V in Trainer Gallery defies market dip, rising $7, the priciest among its subset style.
  • Discover why Double Turbo Energy Gold Secret Rare jumps $5, bucking the set's downward trend.

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 Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield – Astral Radiance, which came out in May 2022, are doing now in October 2024.

Astral Radiance top card. Credit: Pokémon TCG

Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield – Astral Radiance with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:

  1. Machamp V Alternate Art 172/189: $118.16
  2. Origin Forme Palkia V Alternate Art 167/189: $38.45
  3. Origin Forme Dialga V Alternate Art 177/189: $31.52
  4. Beedrill V Alternate Art 161/189: $25.81
  5. Hisuian Sneasler V Alternate Art 175/189: $23.58
  6. Double Turbo Energy Gold Secret Rare 216/189: $20.97
  7. Irida Full Art Trainer Supporter 186/189: $15.31
  8. Irida Rainbow Rare Trainer Supporter 204/189: $13.08
  9. Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR Rainbow Rare Rare 198/189: $12.06
  10. Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR Rainbow Rare Rare 192/189: $11.31

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

  1. Starmie V Character Super Rare TG13/TG30: $54.36
  2. Garchomp V Character Super Rare TG23/TG30: $27.71
  3. Zacian V Character Super Rare TG21/TG30: $6.39
  4. Galarian Articuno V Character Super Rare TG16/TG30: $5.32
  5. Galarian Moltres V Character Super Rare TG20/TG30: $5.17

The top card of this expansion, Machamp V Alternate Art, lost $9 of value since we last checked in back in August. All of the rest of the top ten also lost between $2 and $6 of value except one card. Double Turbo Energy Gold Secret Rare actually increased in value, seeing a $5 jump. Looking at the Trainer Gallery subset, Starmie V Character Super Rare also went against this set's downward trend by jumping $7 in value. This makes Starmie V Character Super Rare the most expensive Trainer Gallery card across all four sets that feature this style of subset.

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