kingambit pokemon card - 130 - SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards [darkness] Pokemon Scarlet Violet Base Set

Image via Jeremy Bezanger/Unsplash Many of us grew up opening booster packs, building decks, trading them with friends, and having our own binder collections

It's pretty rare for a Caterpie to become one of the higher-value cards in a set, even if its price doesn't quite make it into the two-digits realm.The 172/165 Caterpie card is listed at a market value of $9.39 on TCGPlayer

From the newest Scarlet & Violet chase cards to random commons from Base Set 2, the inventory is staggering

While I don't personally hate these cards, I know I speak for many collectors when I say that it's a lot less exciting to pull an incredibly rare volcano than it is to pull an incredibly rare Pokmon

Its appeal comes from three factors: Mews enduring popularity across every generation of collectors, the SAR artwork featuring a playful shiny Mew against a cosmic backdrop, and a pull rate of roughly 1 in 48 boxes for this specific card