Move over, Pikachu—Japan’s Ojisan Trading Card Game celebrates real-life local legends, delighting kids and strengthening community ties. Each card has moves and stats related to the resident ...

In its native Japan, the franchise's slogan is "Get ... on the most valuable Pokémon card on the market. The Pikachu Illustrator card was created as a contest prize for CoroCoro Comic in 1997 ...

Today, if the card is a mint-condition, first-edition Charizard, it could fetch six figures. In 2022, one sold for $420,000 at trading-card marketplace PWCC (now Fanatics Collect ). “In the past year, ...