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The previous record for most expensive Pokmon card to be auctioned was shattered after a rare 1998 Pikachu Illustrator holographic Pokmon card sold for $900,000 last Wednesday

Available to bidders online, the collection has some very rare items

Here is how the supply chain actually works

To try to win the game with these cards in a world full of Thragtusks, removal, and board sweepers you need to have so many copies in your deck that youre almost playing a different game

"When COVID-19 hit, a lot of Gen X and Millennials were looking for things to do and we found a lot of these guys and girls started playing Pokemon again because they grew up with it," said Joe Maddalena, executive vice president at Texas-based Heritage Auctions

English cards have sported the same recognizable blue Pokmon logo since 1999