The Pokemon Trading Card Game has seen some obscene, record-breaking sales over the last few months. In August, a Gold Star Rayquaza from the 2005 EX Deoxys expansion became the first English-language Pokemon TCG card to sell for over $1 million, and just a couple of weeks later, that record was toppled. Continuing the Gold Star trend, an EX Team Rocket Returns Torchic sold for a whopping $2.7 million.
As if that weren't enough, the records keep tumbling: just this weekend, an Umbreon card set a new high, and this time, it wasn't a Gold Star.
Since Evolving Skies, Umbreon's popularity has ballooned. The infamous Moonbreon card became one of the most expensive and most sought-after cards from modern expansions. Even though it's barely a few years old, a raw copy sells for roughly $2,350, and a PSA-graded Gem Mint 10 copy sells for $4,670. This pushed up the prices of all previous Umbreons, and any released after came with an Umbreon Tax—most recently, the Prismatic Evolutions card, which sells for more than a Moonbreon in a PSA 10.
Now, a new sale has eclipsed everything that came before it: a Japanese Umbreon promo became the...
