Pikachu ex #238 Special Illustration Rare To no one's surprise, the Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare #238/191 has had the most expensive sales from the set, with some early transactions into the $400 price range
The next time we would see numerical norm breaking was with the release of the The New Norm Looking at more recent sets, such as the Lord of the Rings Holiday Release or Weve seen that reducing the number of serialized cards frequently increases their overall price less is more in the collectibles world, afterall but whether or not this rises to the same degree of prominence as what we saw experimented with via the Praetors in March of the Machine is yet to be seen
The name, by the way, was inspired by the movie C.H.U.D
The movie was released in 2004, but the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon card was not made available until it was released as a promotional card for Shonen Jump magazine in 2006
Each subgrade is calculated using a formula, and the lowest subgrade carries the most weight, highlighting the cards most noticeable flaw
You should only grade a card when its raw value is high enough that a strong grade multiplies it, usually above $40 to $50
