What this is
How many Pikachu Illustrator cards were handed out: 39, to winners of a 1998 illustration contest.
How it’s built
- Stated by Guinness World Records in its write-up of the record-setting sale.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
39 is the number handed out in 1998, not the number that survive today or have been graded; those counts can only be the same or lower.
Where it comes from
Logan Paul's rare Pokemon card becomes most expensive ever sold in record-setting auction Guinness World Records · 16 February 2026 Open the original ↗
The line in the source
Only 39 were given out to illustration contest winners in 1998
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