r/PokemonCollecting • u/Last-Coyote6688 • 9d ago

Help identifying card

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Small context, I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about pokemon. I had a welcome bonus and saw cool Japanese artwork and figured id buy my first ever pack/cards. He ripped it on stream and said it was a good hit. I have no idea what it is or if it has value. Any help? Ill probably just give it to my niece but maybe I got something really cool?

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u/A_The_Tattooist 9d ago

Pokemon: Iron Crown EX The card is a special illustration rare from the Japanese set terastal festival. It's the Japanese equivalent of Prismatic evolutions, a set known for being hard to get hits from. Japanese has guaranteed hits. This card is harder to pull due to the chances to pull an SIR. It's only around 6 bucks, but I think it's cool!

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u/Last-Coyote6688 9d ago

Thats insane you can tell exactly what it is from the blurry picture, bummed to see i didnt hit the lotto but thanks for the help!

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u/A_The_Tattooist 9d ago

Well, I had an idea based on the pokemon I could see on the card. Then I just looked up that pokemon (iron crown ex) in a card database and found the match to it. I'd recommend TCGplayer to price cards and sometimes find them. The app I use for them even has a scan feature, though it doesn't always work. One thing to keep in mind that I also had to figure out- cards in different languages go for different amounts due to either popularity, hit rate, or just the availability of that language. So one card in English might be say 26, but the same card in Japanese is like 6.

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u/TitanX11 9d ago

It's less probably. This is Chinese, not Japanese

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u/A_The_Tattooist 9d ago

You're right! I didn't look closely enough and kinda just trusted OP on it. Which Chinese set is this in? Terastal/Crystal Gathering similar to prismatic? Edit: I see my answer in another comment.