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Pokémon TCG Value Watch: Temporal Forces in May 2025
Our monthly Pokémon TCG Value Watch series observes the Ancient/Future-themed set Scarlet & Violet - Temporal Forces in May 2025.
Article Summary
- Track the top valued Pokémon TCG: Temporal Forces cards as of May 2025 using real TCGPlayer data.
- Raging Bolt ex Special Illustration Rare remains the highest, but dropped below $100 this month.
- Almost every Top 15 Temporal Forces card saw a value dip, signaling an evening out in the market.
- Collector demand is rising across Scarlet & Violet and Sword & Shield Pokémon TCG sets in 2025.
The Pokémon TCG is an ever-changing and unpredictable market. Over the past few months, we've seen a huge surge of renewed interest in the hobby. Of course, there was massive hype during the Sword & Shield era around Alternate Arts, but the beginning of the Scarlet & Violet era saw a marked cool-down in the hobby. Now, it seems that the collector's market is going into hyperdrive once more, as attention to both current Scarlet & Violet sets as well as Sword & Shield sets soars. Every month, I will do an installment of this series, Pokémon TCG Value Watch, to track the collector's market of modern sets. This series is not financial advice but is rather a way to help collectors know the trajectory of a card's availability so that Pokémon TCG completionists like myself know when to strike. Should you buy singles or packs? Is that chase card obtainable? Let's find out. Today, let's see how the cards of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces, which came out in March 2024, are doing now in May 2025.
Here are the top valued cards of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Temporal Forces with market values observed on TCGPlayer as of this writing:
- Raging Bolt ex Special Illustration Rare 208/162: $82.17
- Iron Crown ex Special Illustration Rare 206/162: $54.70
- Walking Wake ex Special Illustration Rare 205/162: $50.50
- Morty's Conviction Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 211/162: $46.52
- Gouging Fire ex Special Illustration Rare 204/162: $44.64
- Gastly Illustration Rare 206/162: $36.20
- Iron Leaves ex Special Illustration Rare 203/162: $28.52
- Bianca's Devotion Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 209/162: $24.40
- Sawsbuck Illustration Rare 166/162: $22.69
- Gengar ex Full Art 193/162: $21.25
- Deerling Illustration Rare 165/162: $19.32
- Iron Boulder ex Special Illustration Rare 207/162: $18.82
- Metagross Illustration Rare 178/162: $18.73
- Eri Special Illustration Rare Trainer Supporter 210/162: $15.44
- Raging Bolt ex Gold Hyper Rare 218/162: $14.94
The top card of this expansion, Raging Bolt ex Special Illustration Rare, has undergone a big drop in value. While it remains the most valuable card of the set, it has lost $20 since April, setting it as a sub-$100 chase card. Every card in the Top 15 of this set, with the exception of Deerling Illustration Rare, fell in value this month. Mostly, the drops have been small, but a uniform drop like this shows evidence that this set is evening out in the market.
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