With its first expansion officially launching today (Thursday, 30th July), Palworld TCG’s Dawn of Palpagos set is a huge moment for the card game. As TCG fever continues, pre-release cards for the latest set are already selling for high prices, including one of the game’s highest rarities reaching astronomical prices.
The Palworld TCG is still new, so market value, pull rates, and favourite cards are all up in the air right now. Collectors looking to focus on the artwork of the various Pals, players hoping to learn the game, and those looking to see potential worth of cards are all working on zero evidence. This is the first Palworld TCG set, after all.
My favourite of the Dawn of Palpagos chase cards is the Jormuntide Ignis - Savage Lava Dragon SSP (Super Special Parallel), which I put as my top chase card for the set. Not only because SSPs are the hardest of the Palworld rarities to collect, because the flaming border and overall design make it a desirable card to pull, and it seems some people are paying hundreds to avoid the chase.
On eBay, the Jormuntide Ignis SSP sold for $700 on 29th July following a single bid, while another sold for around $500 (following a best offer) earlier that day. However, prices are a lot more chaotic than that - in the UK, there’s been a sold listing of £1,026, one for £260, and another at £287. These are different marketplaces, but some listings are available worldwide, so they may appear on both versions of the eBay site.
Why are the prices so scattered? It’s hard to really tell. The TCG is still fresh off the printing press, and with no previous expansions to base this one on, all bets are off. It could be a single person buying up Jormuntide Ignis cards when they become available, or it could be some buyers are expecting some similarly-priced post-launch sales. Personally, I don’t think it’ll stay this high - this is just the pre-release hype taking over some collector’s brains.
It’s still absolutely absurd though. £1,000 or $1,300 for a hard pull is ridiculous money. I’ve never bought a single card above £25, and I doubt I’d ever spend too much more than that, especially on cards that are still currently in production and about to be sold in packs. This isn’t a vintage classic - it’s a card that hasn’t even begun to circulate in trading circles or be pulled from many packs, yet.
It’ll be interesting to see the market data and how the Palworld TCG lands once the dust settles. Will high rarity cards continue to demand high prices, or will a dedicated and resilient collector base outlive the beginning hype? I won’t know if I fall into the latter yet, as I’m still struggling to find a booster box to buy.
