Logan Paul is auctioning off his ultra-rare Illustrator Pikachu Pokemon TCG card in 2026. The controversial YouTuber-turned-boxer-turned-wrestler has a long history of paying big bucks for collectibles, and now it seems he's looking to recoup that investment. It is not clear how much Pokemon TCG the card will be auctioned off, but given its rarity and notoriety, it will almost certainly attract a staggering figure.
While the WWE influencer and wrestler may be better known for his numerous controversies, Logan Paul was obsessed Pokemon fan for quite a long time. Paul says he's loved the franchise since he played the games as a kid and went on to shell out millions Pokemon cards. While some of those ventures ended badly, and Paul lost $3.5 million to fraud in 2021, he now seems confident that the massive spending will soon be recouped.
Logan Paul will auction the PSA 10 Illustrator Pikachu card in 2026
On December 23, Paul appeared on a Fox Business segment to discuss value Pokemon cards as an asset class and announced that it will auction off its Illustrator Pikachu in February 2026. Paul originally paid $5.3 million for the card Pokemon card in 2022, setting a record for the most expensive Pokemon card that has ever been sold privately. While Paul told Fox he wasn't sure what he would get when he went to auction, he sang his praises Pokemon return on investment of exchange cards in general. He claimed Pokemon as an asset, it has “outperformed the stock market by more than 3,000%” over the past 20 years. That number may be a misremembering of a recent Wall Street Journal analysis that found Pokemon cards have achieved a monthly cumulative return of 3,821% since 2004, compared to a 483% gain for the S&P 500 over the same time frame.
Paul claims this card is the only PSA 10 Illustrator Pikachu in the world. If it is truly unique, it is the rarest in the world Pokemon The card would certainly help her win a big prize in February, as well as the extra publicity that a celebrity like Paul owns. Still, it remains uncertain whether he will break the $5.3 million mark. Another rare one Pokemon TCG the card recently went to auction and ended up selling for $555,000, which is still a lot of money, but a long way from $5 million. That card, a pre-release holographic Raichu that shouldn't have been printed, is one of only 11, which is rare, but Paul's is rarer. Only time will tell if this rarity is enough to fetch millions.
Regardless of what Paul's Illustrator Pikachu sells for, Pokemon TCGthe meteoric rise in value cannot be denied. The collectibles became so popular and sold for so much money that criminals began to use them Pokemon money-laundering cards, as officials may not bat an eye at the massive payouts coming from the sale of wanted cards. Stories of thieves breaking into card shops and stealing thousands of dollars Pokemon collectibles appear regularly, and in healthier cases, fans have sometimes made a decent amount by pulling and selling rare cards.
Not everyone does Pokemon The collection can expect to make millions, but even people without Logan Paul's money managed to make some nice money. One fan sold a Pokemon card to GameStop for over $30,000 after it was appraised, and others were quick to point out that the holographic Gengar was actually worth even more. It's a strange time to be a collector, some cards have little or no value and others go for attractive prices, and some people just want to collect cards for nostalgia. We'll see if this nostalgia and card value optimism sets a new record when Paul's Illustrator Pikachu starts accepting bids.
